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Yangge doesn't require expensive instruments and a formal stage. A passerby may just join the group and strut his/her stuff. You can dance for five minutes or five hours. "In a yangge dance, you just strecth out your limbs and forget about all frustrations by moving to the rhythm of the drumbeats," says Yang linghua, 67, a regular yangge street dancer. "when you sweat and forget all the troubles in life, you will feel extreme lightheartedness and relaxed both mentally and physically."
In fact, yangge has become such a popular form or entertainment among elders that froups from various districts of city hold contests regularly. It is estimated that more than 100,000 people, mostly elders, dance yangge regularly in the city.