# First micro-documentary on Haiyang Big Yangko Dance released

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- Published: 2026-08-24T16:18:00+07:00
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YANTAI, China, Aug. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Haiyang sits on the southern tip of 
the Jiaodong Peninsula, under the administration of Yantai city, Shandong province.
Endowed with majestic mountains and a scenic coastline, the city derives its name
from its location north of the Yellow Sea. In 1398, the Ming government established
Dasong Garrison in present-day Haiyang, Shandong. In 1425, to celebrate Commander
Zhao Tong, who concurrently served as Zhenfu (Military Supervisor), having five 
generations living under one roof, Dasong Garrison integrated elegant classical 
music with local folk dance traditions to create the Big Yangko Dance dance. The
performance debuted officially on the day an imperial gold plaque inscribed with
Qiye Yanxiang (Seven Leaves Spreading Auspiciousness) was unveiled. From then on,
Haiyang Big Yangko Dance began to thrive.

Danza Haiyang Big Yangko, Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial Nacional

Over six centuries, Haiyang Big Yangko Dance has taken root amid the city’s mountains,
coastline and local customs. It has gradually evolved into a well-established dance
system, embodying a folk art style that is powerful and uninhibited, robust and 
dynamic, and yet equally festive, lively, and vibrant.

Haiyang Big Yangko Dance brings the DNA of this intangible cultural heritage to 
life through its vivid Nine Major Roles. These nine characters act as living folk
symbols and grassroots cultural envoys, embodying the honest local ethos through
their physical performances. Apart from the nine leading roles, supporting performers,
known as miscellaneous players in Haiyang Big Yangko Dance, portray figures such
as donkeys, land boats, opera characters and mythical figures. Their improvisational
acts add richer narrative layers to Big Yangko Dance performances.

"No Big Yangko Dance, no Spring Festival." This local saying epitomizes the cultural
identity of Haiyang people. "Big Yangko Dance fills the first lunar month celebrations
with play, the second with bustle, and lingers playfully into the third." "Big Yangko
Dance ushers in spring" has become a vital way for locals to express festive joy
and strengthen community bonds during Chinese New Year. This is far more than a 
simple folk performance; it embodies the community’s gratitude and reverence for
the ocean—a belief deeply ingrained in the lifeblood of Jiaodong fishing communities.

Haiyang is renowned as the Home of Chinese Folk Art. Haiyang Big Yangko Dance enjoys
national acclaim and is recognized as one of the three major Big Yangko Dance styles
in Shandong. In 2006, it was inscribed on the first batch of the National Intangible
Cultural Heritage List, evolving into a cultural tourism attraction and a hallmark
of Haiyang’s external promotion. The year 2024 marked another milestone for Haiyang
Big Yangko Dance: It clinched the Shanhua Award, the highest honor in Chinese folk
art.

Like a brilliant cultural pearl, Haiyang Big Yangko Dance radiates the civilizational
brilliance of generations of Haiyang people, heralding their aspirations for an 
even better life.

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