Article: News Feature: Hip Hop makes its way into south China

News Feature: Hip Hop makes its way into south Chinaby Xinhua writers Hu Lujie, Lai Shaofen

GUANGZHOU, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- In north China, groups of brightly clad grey heads can often be seen performing graceful and lovely Yangge dance, a popular folk dance native to northern and northwestern China, to the accompaniment of high-pitched drumbeats and cymbals in parks, on squares or open grounds along roadside is ubiquitous.

In south China, however, the streets are often full of youngsters listening to popular hip hop music and "break dancing," an athletic and dynamic style of dancing favored by black teenagers in US cities in the 1980s.

At the stage erected in Chaoliu Plaza on the ...

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