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Yangge(秧歌) is a multiform folk art including ballad singing, folk dance, folk opera etc. There are two opinions on oigin of it. One is the yangge(秧歌) that means the song of transplanting rice seedlings. The other is the yangge(姎歌) that means singing and dancing of young boys and girls. Errenzhuan(二人轉) has versatile characteristics too. Partly it falls under genre of folk opera and partly it falls under genre of quyi(曲藝). It is a general opinion in academic circle that yangge(秧歌) and lianhualuo(蓮花落) are two main origins of Errenzhuan. A form of inbetween genres is the common character between yangge(秧歌) and errenzhuan(二人轉). Both of them have many valuable informations in the history of chinese theater. I think it is desirable to put a high value on them.