Jiaozhou Yangge is one of the three major Yangge in Shandong. It is also known as "ground Yangge", "playing Yangge", "stilts Yangge", "twisting the waist", "three bends", etc. It is popular in Shandong The area around Dongxiaotun Village, Jiaozhou City, Province. Jiaozhou Yangge originated in the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty. According to the description in "Yang Lyrics" written by Song Guanwei of the Qing Dynasty, it is speculated that the dance movements, trade names, costumes and props of Jiaozhou Yangge at that time were basically the same as today.
Jiaozhou Yangko has characters such as plasterer, Cuihua, fan girl, Xiao, stick, drum and so on. The basic movements mainly include "Cuihua twist three steps", "fan turning", "small twist", "Banghua", "Eight Forms of Ugly Drums", etc. The performance program consists of three parts: "Opening Remarks", "Running Field" and "Small Play". The running field formations include "Cross Plum", "Four-Door Dou", "Two Doors" "Gate", "Poor and Negative", "Big Team", "Rope Head", etc., as well as short plays such as "Send a Daughter", "Three Sages", "Sister-in-law", "Double Pushing Mill" and so on. In Jiaozhou Yangge, women's dance movements are like lifting and stepping, and their waists are floating. They walk like willows swinging in the wind. They are full of resilience and curvaceous beauty. The "twisting waist" and "three bends" are their representative movements; the "stick" movement is crisp and free. ; The movements of "Guzi" have "eight states of ugly drum" and have a unique charm. Its music consists of three parts: percussion, suona and folk tunes. There were originally 72 repertoires of Xiaoxi Yangko, and 135 are now available. There are more than 100 Yangko troupes in Jiaozhou city. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, relevant personnel have excavated and compiled Jiaozhou Yangko seven times, and now it has been compiled into one of the teaching materials for Han nationality dance. In 1996, Xiaotun Village was awarded the title of "Hometown of Chinese Folk Art" by the Ministry of Culture.
Jiaozhou Yangge originated in the countryside, is active among the people, and evolves on its own in the process of development. It is a square folk art in which the masses spontaneously participate, freely express themselves, and entertain themselves. It shows the unique and healthy body shape of rural women in Jiaodong. Gentle and charming, it has high aesthetic value and artistic research value. ?