Guangdong Volume: Yingge

Yingge has several names with the similar pronunciation in Chinese, such as "Yinge", "Yangge" and "Yingge", which are popular in Chaozhou, Shantou, etc. and prosperous in the two cities of Puning and Chaoyang of Guangdong Province.

There are three different sizes of the dancing teams according to the numbers written in the Tale of the Waterside: 36 members (Heavenly Gods), 72 members (Earthly Gods) and 108 members (Heroes in the Liangshan Mountain), each dancer uses the facial makeup clearly in the Chaozhou or Shantou style while based on his imagination of how his hero looks like in this famous novel, which is the most outstanding character of Yingge.

The dancing of Yingge has three types as lento, moderate, and allegro while the steps of the lento are stable, extensive, intoxicated like drunk, and triumphant; the gavel beating of moderate is rich and flexible, with forceful movements and constantly changing patterns; and the movements of allegro are fast but not confused, gradually leading to their extreme and finally coming to its end abruptly.