Yingge Dance and Nuo Dance are two different representative projects of national intangi-ble cultural heritage,but they are linked together because of the theory of"Yingge originated from Nuo dance".It is necessary to analyze the hypothesis.This paper makes textual research on six evidences and argumentation of"Yingge originated from Nuo dance",and finds that it is difficult to be established.A comparative analysis of dance forms between Yingge Dance and Nuo Dance shows that the similarities be-tween them are very low;the language differences between them are significant in that not only the theme and dance program are quite different,but also the distribution area,dance style and communication mode are different;and the opera and martial arts performances in the back shed of Yingge Dance are not derived from Nuo Dance.Therefore,Yingge Dance does not originate from Nuo Dance.The main origin of Yingge Dance is Martial Dance.
Yingge DanceNuo DanceDance EcologyMartial Danceintangible cultural heritage