What is the origin of Chaoshan song and dance?

There have always been different opinions about the origin of song and dance, and there are mainly the following five viewpoints:

1, influenced by the ceremony of offering sacrifices to Confucius. In the old days, when offering sacrifices to Confucius on August 27th every year, there were not only a full set of music and dances, but also dancers holding short bamboos, similar to singing and dancing.

2. It evolved from the ancient Nuo dance. The masks of songs and dances are generally black and white and grimaces, which are more murderous. The formation and change of English songs, that is, the religious consciousness and artistic characteristics of exorcism in ancient Nuo dance, show that songs and dances are transformed from ancient Nuo dance.

3. Influenced by drama. People like to tell stories of heroes and imitate their behaviors in daily life. The story of Liang Shanbo's hero appeared on the stage of drama, which aroused people's interest in spontaneous learning. Gradually, the performance on the stage evolved into a group square performance.

4. It evolved from Daguzi Yangko in Shandong. Because Shandong beat the flower drum and the double drum with both hands, the mallet used is similar to that used by Chaoyang Song and Dance, and the dance vocabulary and dance performance procedures are similar.

In order to resist the powerful government, he created "English songs" to spread martial arts. Because the main dance strength and combination arrangement of English songs can be seen to be influenced by Nanquan Wushu.