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5. The Yangko Theatre originated from a folk art in China¡¯s Shensi Province, and now modelized and became popular in North and North-east China. Male and females dance in opposite lines with several simple moves, and ask questions back and forth. In 1937, the struggle against the Japanese invasion began, and it pushed the development of Yangko. People dressed up in different identities, the clown dressed like a Japanese, and Chinese people unite together to against invaders, which also gave Yangko a new political meaning. Yangko was usually formed in villages, market towns, school yard and other places could hold a lot of crowd easily, and the audience would join in the Yangko crowd as well. Ideally, Yangko would form a dancing circle with three step front and one step back. Yangko represents ordinary people, Chou Erh-fu, a successful Yangko-writer said he loved to go to the villages and lived with people to feel what they really like.