There are three ways to say the origin of Yingge Dance, a "timely rain", a "Yangge said", a "Nuo Dance said".
1, "timely rain that" is in the late Ming and early Qing Shaoxing celebrity Zhang Dai's "Taoan Mengyi" this book, "timely rain" section has such a statement. This section describes the scene of seeking rain. According to Zhang Dai, it may be because Song Jiang, the elder brother of the heroes of the Water Margin, was nicknamed "Timely Rain".
2, said that the song and dance is said to be the Yingge dance from the north of Shandong Province "big drum sub rice-planting song" and the west of the "Liu Lin rice-planting song" from the birth. Because the pronunciation of Yingge and "Yangge" in Chaozhou dialect is relatively similar.
3, there is also a saying that the present Yingge is evolved from the ancient Nuo dance.
Ying song dance its main form of performance for large-scale collective dance, dancers hold a short stick in each hand, up and down, left and right against each other, the action of robust and powerful, strong rhythm. After the dance, there is also a song and dance theater, called "English song after the shed".
The Yingge Dance is a Han Chinese square mood dance, which is performed in Chaoyang and Chaonan districts of Shantou City, Puning and Huilai counties of Jieyang City, Lufeng City of Shanwei City, Chaoan District of Chaozhou City, and Shantou City of Shantou City. According to the oral tradition of folk artists and some supporting information, the origin of Chaoyang Ying Song dates back to the Ming Dynasty.
Types
1. Slow Ying Ge
The Ying Ge mallet held by the performer is slightly longer than the other types, about 60 centimeters. The mallet is struck in a rhythm that is usually matched by the sound of gongs and drums in groups of three or four. And every time the mallet is struck, a movement is performed. This type of yingge is mainly concentrated in the Chaoyang district near the cotton city, and the performers do not have the faces of Liangshan heroes such as Song Jiang and Shi Qian. Its playing method is simple and simple, and it is considered to be the earliest Ying Ge
2, the middle plate Ying Ge
The length of the Ying Ge mallet of the middle plate Ying Ge is 57 centimeters, and its tempo is faster compared to that of the slow plate Ying Ge. The hammering tempo of the Ying Ge mallet consists of a set of movements in each of the following ways: five, seven, eight, ten, eleven, thirteen, and so on.
3, fast board English song
Fast board English song of the shortest length of the English song mallet is only 40 centimeters, and the rhythm is the fastest, pay attention to the fast strike and close quickly. There is no fixed mallet beat rhythm but another unique way. Fast board Ying Ge is further subdivided into the pointed mountain Ying Ge, Nanshan school of literature, Nanshan school of martial arts, sparring set of style points.