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Yung Ge

Arrangement: Wei Chen
Music and Costumes: Han folk

Yung Ge is one of the most popular folk dances of the Han people in Northeast China.  During harvest time or the Chinese New Year celebration, villagers gather in the fields and dance with fans, handkerchiefs, and drums to celebrate their year-long hard work and to welcome the New Year.  Their movements are very stylized and energetic and usually performed to a repetitive drum beat.