Reporting area or unit: Jieyang City, Guangdong Province

Puning Ying Ge has a history of about 400 years. It originated from people's interest in practicing martial arts (learning boxing) after work to eliminate fatigue and enhance physical fitness. On the basis of practicing martial arts, according to the story of the hero of Liangshanpo attacking Daming Mansion in Song Dynasty, it created "Singing English Songs", which was passed down from generation to generation and developed into an excellent traditional folk dance of the southern Han nationality. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, song and dance were created by one person in the dry pond and preached to the people. During the Xianfeng period of Qing Dynasty, Xu Yamei of Tieshan and Chen Niangkang of Dachanglong practiced martial arts in the name of singing heroes, preparing for the revival of righteous teachers. They were also famous descendants of the earlier Puning Ying Ge.

Ying Ge Chaoyang Ying Ge

Reporting area or unit: Shantou City, Guangdong Province

Chaoyang Ying Ge is famous for its bold and unconstrained style, and is regarded as a typical dance of Han nationality in China. Scholars and experts have done a lot of research on the origin of Chaoyang English songs. Although there is no conclusion so far, there is a relatively unified understanding that Chaoyang English songs are a stream rather than a source, and their formation can be traced back to the Ming Dynasty or even further. As for the direct source, there are different opinions, such as the Guzi Yangko in Lubei University, the Liulin Yangko in Luxi, the overlord whip of ancient paintings in Henan, and the flower drum dance in Putian, Fujian, etc. The southern Han folk dance is characterized by lightness and grace. However, in a corner of the coast of eastern Guangdong, there is a kind of song and dance that can only be compared with the vigorous waist drum in northern Shaanxi, which reflects the heavy feeling of the yellow land. What is the reason?

First of all, the connection and evolution between the Central Plains culture and marine culture has given Chaoyang a unique Linghai cultural atmosphere which originated in Zou Lu and is different from Zou Lu, and also has the old state. It has something to do with sacrificial exorcism. From the Neolithic and golden tombs unearthed in Gushan, Tongyu, it can be seen that Nuo culture and sacrifice in local Yue culture and Central Plains culture are important parts of the origin of English songs.

The back mountain of Chaoyang is close to the sea, and the environment is dangerous and bad, with frequent disasters. Unable to resist the conditions, fetishism came into being, praying for sacrifices to eliminate disasters. For example, in the 14th year of Tang and Yuan Dynasties, Han Yu, the secretariat of Chaozhou, sent people to the great lake in this regretful town to offer sacrifices to the gods. Drums are preached fragrant and clean. In the thirty-sixth year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty, ghosts (Ma Ling) galloped along our city, and guns and drums were heard. Today, the masks of English song performers should be simplified to sacrificial Nuo dance masks, and there are percussion drums in the front shed of Nanshan English song. So far, English songs are still involved in wandering souls to exorcise evil spirits, which shows that the formation of English songs is related to sacrifice to exorcise evil spirits. In addition, Chaoyang also worships Shuang Zhong Lie, and there will be two horse dancing carnivals in Yicheng every year. It can be seen that the British song parade and heroic temperament can be regarded as the same strain.

Then there is the Confucian sacrifice to Confucius. Fang Zhizhai: Thirty-six dancers hold the sign in their left hand and grab it in their right hand. Dancers use two bamboo poles to spread out five-color lines in clusters, and nine dancers use them to add ill omen, catch up and dance with Tao. Whether the snake charmer's command formation transformation is inspired by ritual dance has important research value.

Secondly, from the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Fujian culture gradually spread from Chaoshan to Chaoyang. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Chaozhou, Chaoyang and Fujian had the largest number of other people. Since then, Fujian has been a transit point for ethnic migration, and officials and immigrants have brought Fujian culture to Chaoyang. Known as Xiqiao Jianshan singing English songs (part of the team that may not be in a hurry to perform English songs at the 97 Chaoyang English Song Art Festival), the players performed drums and broken steps, which is said to have originated from the encouragement of Putian flowers. Putian is the birthplace of many surnames in Chaoyang, and some even trace their roots to Tietie Lane. It can be seen that the spread of Fujian culture to the west is an important factor in the formation of Chaoyang English songs.

Moreover, in the Ming Dynasty, drama and folk dance were one of the conditions for the formation of English songs. Chaoyang folk drama has a stage, a local stage and graffiti. Singing English songs should be rap, and later an emotional dance of English songs was formed for the marching God Tournament. Fang Zhizhai: On the fifteenth day of the first month, singers who sing well are friends themselves. They dress up as squares to meet the gods and make a fortune for them, and their clothes are fragrant all over the spring city. This English song was performed as a character before, and the Chaozhou opera clips in the back shed, such as peach blossom transition, double rocking groove, fairy male and fairy female, folk dance "Shooting Birds" and martial arts performance, can be described as a fusion of dance, drama and martial arts.