Chaoshan is a Heritage-Song and Dance

Singing and dancing, also known as "Ying Ge" and "singing English songs"; Originated in Puning City and Chaoyang City, Guangdong Province, and probably formed in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China (about 1850, about 150 years ago); In 2006, Ying Ge was selected as the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

Mainly based on the martial arts movements of local operas, southern martial arts and field farming movements; Combining the drama costumes embroidered by Chaozhou embroidery with the music of Chaozhou gongs and drums; After the accumulation and precipitation of time, the traditional dance belonging to Chaoshan area has been formed.

At present, the tourism development of English songs is mainly to carry out cultural festivals related to singing and dancing, and to use teams from different regions to perform on the same stage to popularize the charm of this traditional dance to tourists. At the same time, Song and Dance once represented Guangdong in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Tour.

English songs have outstanding characters, unique costumes and distinctive characters, which can be transformed into IP images, used for hand-made dolls, clothes, souvenirs and other tourism commodities, and now they are used as derivative tourism commodities.

At the same time, under the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic, the national fitness campaign has gradually formed momentum. As a kind of dance combined with martial arts, song and dance can be developed into street square dance, which can not only protect intangible heritage, but also bring about the effect of strengthening the body.