The Development and Inheritance of Yangko in Northern Shaanxi

1In the early 1940s, a new yangko movement was launched in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region with Yan 'an as the center. The vast number of literary and art workers went deep into the countryside to learn yangko and waist drum. After mastering the basic dynamic characteristics and typical dance movements, they sublimated the image of a new farmer into a standardized dance movement and formed a new type of yangko and waist drum. The leading umbrella head was changed to the image of workers and peasants holding wooden sickles and axes, creating yangko operas with new contents, such as "Brothers and Sisters Open", in which new yangko, such as turning over yangko and victory waist drum, has been popularized throughout the country. The new yangko includes Dachang Yangko "A Good Place in the Border Region" and Fan Yangko "Nanniwan", which are very popular among the masses. It played a role in boosting morale and celebrating victory in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation. /kloc-in the 1950s, folk dances were in the ascendant, and yangko was colorful everywhere, so people added place names in front of yangko to show the difference.

Yangko in northern Shaanxi shows the simple, simple and optimistic character of the people in northern Shaanxi, which has outstanding historical and cultural value.

The state attaches great importance to the protection of intangible cultural heritage. On May 20th, 2006, northern Shaanxi Yangko was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.