Li Kui, Lin Chong, Song Jiang ... These are the characters from the famous book Outlaws of the Marsh（《水浒传》）. Every Spring Festival, they "come out" of the book and dance in the street. This is Yingge dance.
Yingge dance is a traditional Chinese folk （民间的） dance in Guangdong. It's a mix of dance, opera （戏剧） and kung fu. It gets ideas from Outlaws of the Marshand tells stories of the good fighting against the bad. Dancers wear opera-style makeup and hold short sticks in their hands. When walking and dancing, they hit their sticks together. With fast beating drums and the dancers' cool moves, the dance rocks the streets and makes people feel powerful （有力的）. In Guangdong, young and old people all like the dance. Female （女子） Yingge dance starts after the male （男子） dance. It gets ideas from Mu Guiying and Hua Mulan.
