There are many characters in Stilt Yangge of the southern Liaoning Province such as "First Stilt", "Second Stilt", "Fisherman", "Match-Maker", "Scholar", "Female Character", "Clown" as well as many forms of dancing such as "Jietang", "Jiaxiang", "Dad-rang", and "Xiaochang", among which "Jietang" is a group dance performed in the street; "Jiaxiang" means peace with a physical pyramid of different poses; "Dachang" is passionate and exciting group dance done in a large open air space; and "Xiaochang" characterized by its love-story plot. In short, this dance form is both very funny and full of charm of daily life, and therefore very popular with the local people.

  Guangdong Volume: Waking Lion Dance

Waking Lion Dance is mainly popular in southern China such as Guangdong Province, as well as the congregating areas of the overseas Chinese.

Waking Lion dance is characterized by its unique and vivid expression, of which the most attractive part is the lion "picking up vegetables", that is, the vegetables and monetary reward called "red package" are bound together, and either put. on the ground or hanged in the air, just to invite the lion dancer to pick them up by overcoming all kinds of obstacles and provide him with a chance to exhibit his wisdom and skills. Though it is not easy to accomplish, the clever dancer is always enough to make it and arouse deafening cheers and applause from his audience.

  Hubei Volume: Phoenix Lantern

Phoenix Lantern, also called "Playing with Phoenix" or "Phoenix Dance", is popular in Yun County, Shiyan City, Danjiangkou City and Wuchang County, and performed at the Spring Festival and the Lantern Festival every year. In China, phoenix is regarded as a lucky bird, therefore, to dance with it could bring good luck to one's future according to the Chinese traditional belief.

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