Li Kui,Lin Chong,Song Jiang. . . They are from the book Outlaws of the Marsh (《水浒传》),they "come out" of the book and dance in the street. This is Yingge dance.
Yingge dance is a popular art form with dance,opera (歌剧) and kung fu. It gets ideas from Outlaws of the Marsh and tells stories of good people fighting with the bad.
Dancers wear opera﹣style makeup (妆) and have short sticks (棍) in their hands. When they walk and dance to the sound of the drums(击打) the sticks. It's so exciting that many people move with the dancers.
In Guangdong,young and old and men and women all like the dance. Women's Yingge dance starts later. It mostly gets ideas from the stories of Mu Guiying and Hua Mulan.
Zheng Zixin,a 14﹣year﹣old girl,is in a women's Yingge dance team in Shantou. She became popular when she danced during the Spring Festival. "Yingge dance is very cool,but we will bring out our best. "