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The Yangko dance is a sport where one swings his body according to some rhythms. This dance normally uses the movements of the size and hips to guide the foot that moves in rhythm, with a step forward and a half - not behind and to show the rhythmic movements of the body fully.

The Yangko dance has an old history of 1000 years in China. She lives the day under the dynasty of the Song of the South and danced himself mainly at the time of the Feast of the Lanterns. She is popular in the North of China.

Because of the differences of regions and customs, some variations exist in the Yangko dances. The most typical are the Yangko dances of the North is, the Shanbei, the Hebei and the Shandong, etc.

In the history of the dance Yangko Chinese, the years 1940 are an important period. The Party Communist Chinese establishes a strong basis then in the North of the Province of the Shanxi and recommended the Yangko dance. Many artists joined work and produced a lot of programs of Yangko dance to the original contents.

After 1949, the new Yangko dance spilled everywhere in China.

Since then, the Yangko dance is played as well in the traditional feasts such the Feast of the Spring (New Year Chinese) that in the ceremonies. Otherwise, the Yangko dance, as folk art, entered in the professional artistic places.

She is not only recognized in China but also abroad.