Yangko, also known as social fire, was originally a folk ritual activity of the Han nationality to worship the autumn newspaper in spring. In ancient times, "she" refers to the land god, and also refers to festivals dedicated to the gods of the country, such as Spring Society and Autumn Society. "The country and the neighbors of the sun are combined to make sacrifices to the country, so that the house is under the tree, and the gods are sacrificed first and then entertained" (see "The Time of Jingchu"). It can be seen that people sacrifice to the gods first, then eat sacrificial meat and drink yellow wine. When they are happy, they sing and dance, and there will be some juggling. Let's look at the word "social fire". In the old days, it was a variety of vaudeville dramas staged at various festivals. Li Dou recorded in "Yangzhou Ship Records": "The day before beginning of spring, the prefect greeted the Spring Festival in the east of the city, making the official prostitutes dress up as social fires and dreaming of women, sisters, soap officials and officials." This seems to be the embryonic form of today's yangko: the girl in the spring dream may be the "witch" in today's yangko team, and Sister Chun and Zhili seem to be the "flowers-pulling" and "medium-lang" today, and the official in the spring must undoubtedly be the "social fire official". Today's huge yangko team is gradually developed on this basis. The word "social fire" and its activities were first recorded in the Song Dynasty poet Fan Chengda's "Thirty-two Rhymes of Guanzhong Festival Harmony", including the words "frivolous singing, crazy dancing and social dancing". Fan Zi said: "Folk drum music is called social fire. You can't remember, but it's probably funny. " It can be seen that yangko had begun to take shape at that time. According to the records of the Republic of China and the county in the early 20th century: "After the third day of the first month, social drums will rise, regardless of urban and rural areas. /kloc-On 0/3, lanterns were lit in the city, villagers beat gongs and drums to welcome them, and men and women came to visit. On the one hand, it explains the situation of thirteen yangko clubs in the county, and at the same time, it also explains the development and history of yangko in political towns. According to the examination, the performances at that time included "Bamboo Horse", "Knife Dance", "Dragon Boat" and "Lion Dance". In the Ming and Qing dynasties, yangko not only talked, sang and danced, but also appeared a small play with a certain story, and the program was fixed and perfect.

Hezheng Yangko began in the14th century (Ming Dynasty), flourished in the17th century (Qing Dynasty), changed in the early 20th century (Republic of China), and developed after the 1950s (after the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC)), especially after the Third Plenary Session of the 11th CPC Central Committee in the 1980s.

It is an entertainment activity evolved from sacrificial activities, and its content is constantly enriched and enriched through cultural exchanges. Yangko, for example, was accompanied by a band only after it absorbed music nutrition from religious activities. In particular, many suona qupai played in Yangko are divine comedy or have a strong religious color. For example, the "Master Cow" in Tang Ya, Shizui in the south of Hezheng borrowed the wizard's sheepskin drum, and others played Guanyin Bodhisattva in the dry boat performance. In the lyrics, "Nine embroiders my Buddha to sit on the lotus platform, and ten embroiders the boy to worship Guanyin" is influenced by the sacrificial words. Another example is "Spring Cattle". In ancient times, there was a custom of wishing the New Year with spring cows. As cattle are the main tool in farming activities and can be regarded as a symbol of farming, juggling programs such as playing spring cattle in political yangko are not only the inheritance of ancient customs, but also the common wishes of people of all ethnic groups for a bumper harvest in agriculture and animal husbandry, which is more characteristic of plateau agriculture and animal husbandry areas. Another example is the lion dance, which first appeared in the 3rd century (the Three Kingdoms period) and was introduced from the western regions through the Silk Road, indicating that the Hezheng area, which is located at the main road of the ancient Silk Road, had an earlier opportunity to accept it than the mainland. /kloc-After the Ming Dynasty in the 0/4th century, a large number of Han immigrants moved in, bringing dry boats, whips and bamboo lanterns from the south. At the beginning of the 20th century and the early years of the Republic of China, Shanxi and Shaanxi businessmen who went to Hezhou for business introduced "running donkeys". Before the Qing Dynasty, Hezheng Yangko was always "jumping on the ground" (that is, performing with feet without walking on stilts). In the early 20th century and the early Republic of China, a few people began to walk on five-inch stilts, and most people still performed on foot. 1933 (22nd year of the Republic of China), a company (Ma Bufang National Army) stationed in Ma Jiajun, Qinghai Province. During the Spring Festival, soldiers walked on stilts (three feet high), and there were four singles, bears and other programs, which were well received by the masses. In the following years, 1934 and 1935 (twenty-three or four years of the Republic of China), the yangko was constantly updated and perfected, forming a comprehensive form of song and dance performance, which became a traditional art loved by the Han people from the third day to the seventeenth day of the first lunar month every year.