What kinds of yangko are there?

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 recorded the yangko in Shahe, Xixiang County, southern Shaanxi Province in his Investigation Record: "Farmers in the fields have colors, and people dressed in costumes are singing and dancing. The golden drums are loud and the yangko is everywhere. Commonly known as yangko. " This kind of yangko is similar to the yangko in the New Year's social fire in northern Shaanxi and Shanxi, and has become a representative form of folk dance.

Yangko is a representative folk dance popular in China (mainly in the north), and its appellation and style are different in different regions. In the folk, there are two names for yangko: those who walk on stilts are called "Yangko on stilts" and those who don't walk on stilts are called "Tuyangko". The so-called "yangko" in modern times refers to "local yangko". Yangge has a long history. In the Southern Song Dynasty, there was a record of "Village Dengaku" in the folk dance team carefully introduced by The Legend of Wulin. Wu Xilin's New Year's Miscellaneous Chants in Qing Dynasty clearly recorded the original relationship between the existing yangko and the "Dengaku" in Song Dynasty.

On May 20th, 2006, Yangko was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.