The history of Puning Nigou Yingge?

As for the origin of Nigouying's singing and dancing, it is reported that it came about after our ancestors settled south from Fujian, and it has a history of hundreds of years.

Like other English songs in Puning, Nigou Yingge originated from the people's fondness for practicing martial arts (learning fists) after work, so as to eliminate fatigue and keep fit. Later, on the basis of practicing martial arts, according to the Song Dynasty, The story of Liang Shanbo's hero attacking Daming Mansion created the "Singing Song", which was passed down from generation to generation and developed into an excellent folk traditional dance of the southern Han nation. (During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, the people of Hantang created "Ying Song and Dance" and taught it to the people. During the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, Xu Yamei of Tieshan and Chen Niangkang of Dachanglong practiced martial arts in the name of singing heroes in preparation for the rise of the righteous masters. It was also the most famous song of Puning Yingge. The earliest famous heir). The original Nigou Ying singing and dancing dance handed down from our ancestors featured eight hammers, eight drums and one snake. Although there were not many routines, it was extremely impressive. After being passed down and processed from generation to generation, it has formed its own unique style, with rigorous body skills, footwork, mallet skills, and formations.

Style Characteristics

The characteristics of Nigou Yingge are: holding the mallet down, from bottom to top, double lifting arms, single kicking, and long strides. The double hammers rise and fall, smash and dance, and the wrists are rotated to hit Puning City Nigou Township Yinggewu's head hammer

The hammers are live, producing beautiful hammer flowers. The upper body and head move naturally from side to side, giving a strong sense of dance. The routines include: Guanyin sitting on lotus, single chain, double chain, hooked feet, flying eagle, etc. Mallet techniques include: pushing the mallet, backing the mallet, closing the mallet, rubbing the mallet, picking the mallet, etc. The formations include: 8-character double money, double dragons wagging their tails, Bagua spiral, etc. When the Taolu mallet formation is danced, it is rough and bold, majestic, hard and soft, and ever-changing. Rings within rings, circles within circles, layers intertwined, teams respond, like tigers descending a mountain, thousands of horses galloping, making the audience never tire of watching.

In the 1980s, the Nigou Ying Chorus organized Qianpeng and Backpeng to perform in Huilai, Lufeng, Jiexi, Chaoyang and other places. It was an eye-opener for the local people. In September 1989, the Guangdong Provincial Yingge Symposium was held in Puning. The Nigou Yingge front shed organized 32 people to perform in Zhuishang County, which was well received by the participating artists. Principal Yang Meiqi of Guangzhou Dance School and Director Pan Zhitao of the National Dance Department of Beijing Dance Academy led a group of people to Nigou and selected Nigou as the "experimental field" of Guangzhou Dance School, and the two parties concluded a "contract." During the Lantern Festival in 1990, Puning held a performance of English songs. Nigou Yingge organized a front booth of 64 hammers to participate in the performance. Under the guidance of Director Li Yongxiang, Deputy Director Huang Rulin and lecturer Zhang Xiaozhang of Guangzhou Dance School, Nigou Yingge innovated and created a new level and new style. There are 10 teams participating in the performance, 9 with single hammers, and Dunigou Yingge with double hammers. Nanshan Yingge was arranged to appear first, taking the lead, while Nigou Yingge was arranged to appear last, which also had the finale effect. After watching Nigou Yingge's five-minute performance, the audience was still reluctant to leave. The leaders and experts on the rostrum smiled broadly and nodded frequently. In the autumn of the same year, Nigou Yingge was selected to participate in the provincial performance of the "90 China Tourism Art Festival and Guangdong Happy Festival" and received rave reviews. In July 1991, at the invitation of the Shenzhen Municipal Government, Nigou Yingge showed off his talents at the Shenzhen "Lychee Festival". Wherever Yingge goes, it is easy for many Chaoshan fellows to watch. They said that Nigou Yingge gave Chaoshan people a chance to live in Shenzhen. In September of the same year, Nigou Yingge also represented the Shantou area in the opening ceremony of the "First World Women's Football Championship Draw Ceremony" and showed off her talents at the Guangzhou Tianhe Stadium. The live broadcast of Lingnan TV (now Guangdong Satellite TV) was the first shot for Chaoshan Yingge to go global. After watching it, a reporter from CCTV and a director from Changchun Film Studio held the head coach's hand and said: This is great. This is the real folk square art. If there is a chance, we will make it into a feature film. In December of the same year, Nigou Yingge went to the provincial capital again. The routine was filmed at Tianhe Stadium by CCTV's "Southeast, Southeast, Northwest and Central" production organization, condensed and refined, and broadcast on CCTV for 5 minutes. In the autumn of 1996, Nigou Yingge went to Yangcheng again to participate in the "96 China Tourism Art Festival and Guangdong Happy Festival". He once again performed for the Yangcheng audience and foreign guests and returned with a great reputation. As the end of 1999 entered the new century, Nigou Yingge was once again invited by the Shenzhen Municipal Government to participate in the cross-century carnival night organized by the Shenzhen Municipal Government. At that time, all the people were truly enjoying themselves together, and hundreds of thousands of Shenzhen citizens were intoxicated in joy from 9 o'clock at night to 2 o'clock in the morning. Wherever Yingge goes, there are huge crowds of audiences.

In the spring of 2002, Nigou Yingge was invited by the Shenzhen Municipal Government to perform at the Shenzhen "Window of the World" and received praise from people from all walks of life. In December 2003, Nigou Yingge represented one of the Chaoshan cultures and participated in a performance at the World Tourism Festival and Chaozhou Food Festival held in Macau, causing a sensation in Macau. In 2004, Macau celebrated the fifth anniversary of its return, and in December 2005, the Macau International Tourism Festival was held. Nigou Yingge was invited to perform again. In July 2004, Nigou organized a youth singing team of more than 20 people, innovated moves and routines, put square art on the stage, and participated in the 6th Children's Art Flower Show of Guangdong Province and the 3rd CIOFF Asia Children's Folk Art Festival competition and won the gold medal. In October of the same year, the Young English Chorus went to Beijing to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and received a cordial reception from the head of the central government. As a result of the artistic efforts of several generations, Nigou Yingge's popularity continues to increase.

In 2004, Nigou was named the "Hometown of Art", and Zhang Boqi, Nigou's director and head coach, was also awarded the title of "Outstanding Folk Artist of Guangdong Province".