What are the characteristics of yangko costumes?

Yangko costumes are characterized by bright red and green, bright colors, wide trouser legs, wide sleeves and tight cuffs for actresses. Yangko has a long history and is an artistic wealth created and accumulated by the working people in the north for a long time. It originated from the working life of transplanting rice seedlings and ploughing fields, and was related to the carols and barnacles sung in ancient times to pray for harvest and disaster. In the process of development, we constantly absorb the skills and forms of agricultural songs, yangko, folk martial arts, acrobatics and traditional operas.

Yangko species

Dance yangko is mainly popular in the north of China, which can be divided into different types, such as northern Shaanxi yangko, northeast yangko, Hebei yangko, Shandong Jiaozhou yangko and Dagu yangko. Wang Xiling described the yangko in Shahe, Xixiang County, southern Shaanxi in his "Investigation Atlas of Southern Shaanxi": "Farmers in the fields have colors, and people dressed in costumes sing and dance. The golden drums are loud and the yangko is everywhere. Commonly known as yangko. "