Shandong Yangge is popular everywhere and has various styles. Among them, the most influential ones are "Guzi Yangge",

"Jiaozhou Yangge" and "Haiyang Yangge", which are also known as "Shandong's Three Major Yangko", or "Shandong's Three Major Folk Dances".

"Drum Yangge" is popular in Shanghe, Yangxin, Huimin, Wudi and other counties in the lower reaches of the Yellow River. Its style can be said to be in the same vein as the gongs and drums in Shaanxi, Gansu and Shanxi in the middle reaches of the Yellow River.

Legend has it that it originated in the Northern Song Dynasty and was a dance performed by farmers on the threshing floor to celebrate the harvest.

There are five types of characters participating in the dance: umbrella, drum, stick, flower, and ugly. The props used are silk umbrella, round drum, double sticks, and silk scarf.

The roles of "umbrella" are divided into two types: "ugly umbrella" and "flower umbrella".

"Ugly Umbrella", also known as "Tou Umbrella", pretends to be an old man and is the organizer and conductor of the Yangko team.

The "Flower Umbrella" is the female character. She holds a flowery silk umbrella and follows the "Ugly Umbrella" to direct the dance, making the dance team colorful.

"Drum" is a male character in his prime. He is dressed as a martial artist and plays drums and dances. He has the largest number of people in the dance team. His movements are complex and his vigorous dance is accompanied by the earth-shattering drum sounds, which makes him invincible and powerful.

The "stick" is played by a young man, holding a wooden stick with colored silk at both ends, flying and dancing in a dazzling way.

"Hua" is played by a young woman, who looks like a Hua Dan in opera. She holds a silk scarf in her left hand and a colorful fan in her right hand. She is bold and generous, full of youthful vitality.

"Ugly", also known as "outer angle", can be increased or decreased, dressed up as "silly boy", "ugly woman", "county official", "***", etc., interspersed in In the middle of the dance team, there is a humorous improvisational performance.

Drum Yangko requires an even number of players, and the formations are symmetrical, with a circle as the center, and are ever-changing.

Generally, two "ugly umbrellas" carry eight "drums", four "sticks", four "flower umbrellas" and eight "flowers". The whole yangko team can have as few as five or sixty people, and as many as two or more. Three hundred people.

There are many traditional formation changes, such as "double pomegranate", "scissors", "cow-nose pliers", "Chuang Wang Jinjing", etc.

"Jiaozhou Yangge" is said to have originated from Dongxiaotun Village in the north of Jiaozhou City.

At that time, there were two families named Ma and Zhao in the village. Due to the pressure of life, they went to the surrounding places to perform during the slack season. Over time, a performance form with local characteristics was formed, which has been passed down to this day. More than a hundred years of history.

There are only ten characters in "Jiaozhou Yangge", which are all members of the two legendary families: a pair of "gu" pretending to be male adults; a pair of "green flowers" serving as the wives of "gu" ; A pair of young people play "Bang" as the son of "Gu"; a pair of "Fanhua" are the wives of "Bang"; a pair of "Xiao Man" are the little daughters of "Gu".

Ten actors ran all over the place, dancing and acting, attracting thousands of people to "hear the beat of gongs and drums, put down their chopsticks and put down their bowls."

Hearing the singing of Yangyang, the hands of "Let's put some work aside."

Before acting, run the stage. This is the dance that opens up the stage and attracts the audience. Among them, there are "big parade", "cross plum", "rope head" and "digging". "Heart", "Two Doors" and other formations.

The drama performances have the most local style with traditional programs, commonly known as "this drama", including "big farewell", "little farewell", "pulling", "matchmaking", "three fears", "four" Repertoires such as "Persuasion" and "Cracked Feet".

"Haiyang Yangge" is popular in Haiyang, Laiyang, Rushan and other counties and cities in the Jiaodong Peninsula. Haiyang City is the most popular, with almost every village having a Yangko team.

The Yangko that was popular in Haiyang City in the early years was called "Dou Yangko", also known as "Small Yangko". Later, martial arts routines were added to the Yangko dance, which was called "Big Yangko", and outsiders called it It is called "Haiyang Yangge".

"Haiyang Yangko" has many roles, and the entire dance team consists of single dance, duet dance, and multi-person dance.

The leader is the "medicine doctor". He wears a long robe and a black beard. He holds a horsetail whisk in his right hand and a flat-topped round umbrella in his left hand.

This is the commander-in-chief and lead dancer of the entire yangko team, and his improvisational performances are often stunning.

Other characters include "Overlord Whip", "Flower Drum", "Colored Fan", "Fisherman", "Woodcutter", "Seller", "Cuihua", "Xiangong", "Double Lady", "Prisoner" "Lu", "Aunt Wang'", "ugly woman", "naughty boy", "shepherd boy", "village girl", "big-headed monk", "Liu Cui" and so on.

The performance of Haiyang Yangko includes six sections: walking through the streets, entering the village, performing on the stage, running in formation, performing on the stage, and ending.

The running formations include single team interspersion, dragon pantail, four-door fight, buckle-heart fight, scalper flat, bamboo basket with flowers, six-door fight, Bagua fight, treasure gourd, gourd with knots, and roll explosion. Battle, two teams interspersed, scissors, two dragons spitting beads, intrigues, big grinding, double horoscopes, three dragon columns, colorful clouds covering the moon, peonies blooming, four-petal flowers, bamboo basket blooming, flowers blooming all over the place, various changing formations .

Yangko is mostly performed on the first lunar month of the new year.

If you go to Shandong in the first month of the lunar calendar, you can always be surrounded by a sea of ??Yangko.

Uighur dance includes Sainaim: it is the most common form of song and dance among the Uighur people, and it is widely spread in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains.

The music is composed of many songs and dances, passionate, bright and cheerful.

Sainaim dance is free and lively, with no fixed formula. The dancers improvise and just follow the rhythm of the music.

One person can dance alone, two people can dance together, or three, five or more people can dance together. The rhythm of this dance is sometimes fast and sometimes slow.

Sainaim’s music is a song and dance music formed on the basis of folk music from various regions. It has beautiful, affectionate tunes and distinctive rhythm. Due to the characteristics of Sainaim’s music and rhythm, the dance movements are lyrical and beautiful. , graceful and graceful.

In the formation process of the Twelve Muqam of Er ethnic classical music, it absorbed the Sainaim that had already been circulated among the people and became an integral part of each Muqam, and the Sainaim Mu is still widely circulated in its independent form.

The styles of Sainaim vary from place to place. Sainaim in Hotan, Kashgar, Atush, Aksu and other regions are more lively, soulful and graceful, with brisk and nimble steps and more detailed use of each part of the body. , especially the changes in wrists and dance postures are extremely rich; Yili Sainaim is cheerful and lively, it absorbs some dance elements from other ethnic groups, and its movements are unrestrained, bold, brisk and neat, with sudden stillness and humorous little movements from time to time; Hami Sainaim Mu is delicate and simple, the music is relatively slow, and the rhythm retains unusual beats. Its dance movements are steady, and the wrists do not change much. It is basically a half-clenched fist, swinging left and right on the head, and more single steps; Kuqa, Korla The Sai Naim of other places are naturally delicate and profound in content; the Sai Naim of Dolang is loud and bold.

Duolang Dance: The word "Duolang" is the self-proclaimed name of the *** Er people, and it is also the name of the dance form.

Duolang dance is a folk dance of the Er people with a long history, complete form, and rough and vigorous movements. It is popular in Maigaiti, Bachu, Yarkand, Awati and other places along the Yarkand River. area.

Dolang dance is a competitive group dance based on duet dance.

Dolang dance is performed at every wedding and festive occasion.

Dolang dance has a complete performance program.

Dancers must perform the entire dance from beginning to end and are not allowed to quit in the middle, and the audience is not allowed to leave the dance venue casually.

Due to its geographical location and other factors, Duolang Dance retains much of its original grassland life atmosphere and artistic features.

The accompaniment music of Dolang dance is called "Dolang Muqam" or "Dolang Sainaim".

It is different from the Twelve Muqam. It is another type of song and dance suite. It has a simple melody structure, a broad and heroic singing style, and maintains a strong prairie style and labor atmosphere.

There are nine sets of Dolang Muqam that have been preserved. Each set has a different name. Names with regional characteristics such as "Biawan" (meaning Gobi grassland) are often used as the title of the tune. .

Each set of Maqam is composed of five paragraphs with different rhythms. The connection between the paragraphs is harmonious and natural, gradually transitioning from slow to fast to ***.

Sama dance: It is an ancient and cheerful folk dance that the working people of the *** Er nationality dance collectively during the New Year festival. The movements are simple and powerful.

It is mainly popular in Kashgar and Yarkand in southern Xinjiang.

In addition to New Year's Day, Sama is sometimes danced on general celebration occasions.

In the early morning of the festival, after people went to the *** Temple to pray, they went to the square of the Great Mosque. The musicians on the roof of the *** Temple began to beat the Nahora drum, blow the suona, and then To the sound of drums, everyone danced Sama dance to the distinctive and powerful Sama tune.

The movements of Sama dance are closely coordinated with the rhythm of drums.

During the "dong", the whole foot is mostly on the ground, the body is pressed down, and there is a slight pause. When lifting the step, the hands are swaying slightly with the pitch of the body. Commonly used are jumps, ground-wiping idling and other technical movements.

Most of the people who dance Sama dance are men.

The main instruments that accompany Sama are iron drums and suona.

The iron drum is a set of two drums with different pitches, which make "dong" and "dang" sounds, forming a sharp contrast.

On large occasions, there are sometimes two or three groups, plus a bass drum with a richer sound to highlight the "dong" sound effect.

The rhythm of the drum determines the speed of the dance and the harmony of the movements.

Experienced drummers make the drumming varied and inspire the emotions of the dancers and the audience.

The tunes played by the suona are more flexible and are not restricted by the drums. Sometimes the long sound is dragged out for two or three measures, or the sound is paused for three or four measures to highlight the rhythm of the drum.

Xia Diana: "Xia Diana" *** It is called "happy dance" in Erling language. It is a kind of folk dance performed by the masses in festivals and grand gatherings. There is no limit to the number of participants, and the main method is small jump steps. The two legs are jumped up, the arms are upward, left, and right, and the palms are shaking rapidly inside and outside, giving people a feeling of joy and lightness.

The music tunes of Chartiana are relatively flexible and often change according to different occasions.

The differences between the Chartiana tunes in various regions are not too big.

The music from the Kashgar area is more joyful and gorgeous; the music from Maigaiti is vigorous and powerful, with more obvious characteristics of a march.

The accompaniment instruments of Chatiana are also relatively free. There can be more or less instruments. Suonas of different lengths, pairs of iron drums with different timbres and tambourine ensembles of different sizes can be used. Strings and strings can also be used. Tambourine accompaniment.

Nazilkum: It is a unique folk dance, mostly performed by men in impromptu dance, mainly due to pairs, with a competitive nature.

It originated in Turpan and is popular in Shanshan, Toksun, Hami and other areas.

Nazilkum is the most wonderful performance at weddings, festivals and evening parties.

It is mostly held behind Sai Naim or behind Turpan Muqam.

The footwork is mainly squatting and jumping, keeping the knees slightly bent and the upper body relaxed. The dancers simulate various labors or various characters with witty and humorous movements.

Nazirkum music has a unique rhythm and style, and can be accompanied by various musical instruments, mainly including plucked plucked instruments, Jewafu, Aijek, suona, tambourine and iron drum.

Sometimes only suona and iron drums are used for accompaniment. In addition to a set of iron drums with different timbres, a big drum with rich timbre is often added to continuously beat a single rhythm.

An experienced drummer can incorporate the emotional changes of the performer.

Beat the emotional drum beats in ups and downs to enhance the dance performance.

Plate dance: It is a performance prop dance and one of the ancient folk dances of the Er people. It originated in the ancient Kuqa and is popular in Kuqa, Kashgar, Ili, Urumqi, and Maigai in Xinjiang. Mention and other places.

It is a female lyrical dance with graceful and moving movements.

The dancer holds a bowl on his head, holds a small plate and chopsticks in each hand, holds the bamboo chopsticks with his fingers, and taps the plate with the chopsticks to the rhythm of the music, and dances accordingly.

In addition to hitting the plate with their hands when dancing, some people pour tea into the bowl on their heads, and some hit the bowl on their heads with the handle of a spoon in their mouths.

There is also a *** Er-style teapot on the head, with two or three bowls placed on the pot.

This dance is difficult and acrobatic.

The music of the plate dance is generally lyrical folk songs, with a relaxed rhythm and melodious tunes. The music and accompaniment instruments are basically the same as those of Sainaim.

Hand drumming: Hand drumming is a performative folk dance.

It is a dance form that emerged in the 1940s and is popular throughout Xinjiang.

The performance is mostly performed by a woman accompanied by a tambourine.

Dance is characterized by agile movements, changeable rhythms, and the use of difficult rotations and waist techniques.

Goat dance: "Goat dance", the performer uses simple props to dress up as a goat, quietly comes to the back of the people sitting on the carpet, and calls out "咩-, 咩-" twice , and then jumped into the venue to the music, performing eating grass, drinking water, sharpening horns, and going to butt people with horns, etc., which always caused a small commotion and laughter.

Stone-breaking dance: also called "Tashi" dance, popular in Aksu, Kashgar, Yarkand and Khotan in southern Xinjiang.

"Strike Stone" is a folk percussion instrument of the *** Er people.

Hold two stones in each hand, clamp the two stones between the thumb and index finger, or the index finger and the middle finger, and make a sound by bending the fingers and shaking the wrist.

The stone-breaking dance mostly adopts the basic movements of Sai Naim. The steps of the feet include "three steps and one lift", "steps back and forth", "stepping", "kneeling and squatting on one leg", etc.

The striking posture of the hands includes two arms stretched out, one hand on the head, one hand on the chest, or one hand beside the body and one hand on the chest.