Dancers leaping in the middle of the street, yellow and red costumes alternating, the line stretched out behind them and crowds on both sides

Puning · Fumei Village, Lihu Town

Fumei Youth Yingge Team

Fumei is in Lihu Town. The team is dated to 2009, when the villager Li Junhao set it up — one government account gives 1998 instead (see §7): four practices a week, and both the men’s and the women’s teams go out.

Four practices a weekRule reported at the team’s founding

60-plusWomen’s team · reported 24 Sept 2026

24Women’s team at founding

4 countriesMen’s team abroad

drumstickface paintingformationfront sectionrear sectionslow tempomedium tempofast tempogong-and-drum band

A night performance in the ancestral hall, the floor full of dancers and onlookers

The line opens out across the square at night

On the Bund in Shanghai the team performs in the street; behind the barrier, spectators hold up their phones

Fumei’s rules are made inside the team: every practice counts as a real performance, and places on outside trips are settled by in-team competitions rather than personal connections.

Coach Li Junhao puts ordinary fast-tempo yingge at 130 beats a minute and says his team reaches more than 140. He calls theirs the fast of the fast. The men’s team dances it; so does the women’s.

The rules, and the phrase “the fast of the fast”, come from the People’s Daily report of 24 September 2026; the 130 and 140 beats come from Li Junhao’s account in the Puning municipal government’s team profile.

1 · Rules and two teams

Practise, compete, go

Close on a face being painted, the brush at the forehead

Team rule

Four practices a week

At the team’s founding the head coach, Li Junhao, laid it down: four practices a week, each treated as a real performance; places on trips are not settled by favour but by in-team bouts.

At night in the street, dancers in coloured costumes marching, people standing on both sides

The women’s team

The fastest of the fast

Formed late in 2025 with 24 sign-ups; by the report of September 2026 it had more than 60. The lead dancer, Zhou Yating, is nineteen and came up through the men’s team.

2 · Street level

Flag, line, street

One team takes one street; both ends of it are worth watching.

A horizontal banner reading “country prosperous, people at peace” leads down the street, the line following — A banner reading “country prosperous, people at peace” leads, and the line moves behind it.

Dancers in pink marching in file, the file opening and closing — The ones in pink are the women’s group, opening and closing as they march.

A red-faced dancer at the head of the line, red paper over the street — A red-faced dancer walks at the head of the line, red paper scattered down the middle of the street.

The team passing along the street under the arcade — Passing under the arcade.

A dancer raising his sticks before the team banner — A dancer raises his sticks in front of the team banner.

The team forming up on the road in front of the apartment blocks — Forming up on the road in front of the apartment blocks.

All six come from the team’s own accounts, used under the team’s authorization. That authorization does not require credit on each image, so no account name appears here; the scope of each permission is kept on file.

3 · Going out

Performances, Exchanges and Scheduled Events

ThailandMen’s team abroad

RussiaRed Square, Moscow · temperatures below −10°C

United StatesTimes Square, New York

Spainin the street

Macao, ChinaWomen’s team · scheduled 24–25 October

Spring Festival 2026Women’s team in the Puning parade

Mid-Autumn 2026rehearsal for the double festival

FumeiThe home ground in Lihu

The Macao trip is recorded in three stages. The women’s team was reported to have received an invitation in September 2026. The Macao Cultural Affairs Bureau’s programme for Community Traditional Song and Dance subsequently listed the Fumei Youth Yingge Team for three slots on 24–25 October 2026: Shibaiwan Lok Kuan Building at 14:30 on the 24th, Lok Yeung Garden at 14:30 on the 25th, and Nam Van Lake at 16:30 on the 25th. Which dancers appeared, and whether the performances went ahead, has not been independently confirmed. Visits and invitations are listed as reported; nothing is added that the reports do not state.

4 · Images

Offering table, street, one face

All three come from the Fumei team’s own account.

A long offering table heaped with offerings in the ancestral hall, a painted dancer passing behind it — A long offering table in the ancestral hall, loaded with offerings, a painted dancer passing behind it.

Dancers crowded together in the street, costumes heaped into one mass — Several dancers pressed together in the street, the coloured costumes heaped into one mass.

A red face in profile, eyes looking out of frame.

Dressing in the ancestral hall before going out; chicken, rice cakes and fruit on the offering table.

5 · Close reading

Key facts at a glance

Seven items, one sentence each; the section number at the end jumps to the section.

Team

The team: dated to 2009, set up by the villager Li Junhao, who is also head coach; one account gives 1998.§1

Team rule

Four practices a week; each treated as a real performance; places on trips decided by in-team bouts, and ability is enough to go.§1

The women’s team

Formed late in 2025 with 24 sign-ups; more than 60 by the September 2026 report. Fast tempo.§1

lead stick

Zhou Yating, 19. She trained first with the men’s team and, bout after bout, beat a good number of the men.§1

In the team

Li Ruiqi, 17 (Li Junhao’s elder daughter), and Hong Siyiao, 18.§1

Men’s team abroad

Thailand, Russia, the United States, Spain. At Red Square, Moscow, temperatures were below −10°C and they danced on snow.§3

Parade

February 2026: the women’s team appeared in the Puning Spring Festival parade. One report calls this its first appearance as a team; another dates its formal stage debut to late 2025.§3

Open Questions

What remains undocumented

All four lack first-hand material.

One

Size of the men’s team. The reports cover only the women’s team; how many men there are has not been published.

Two

How the bouts work. How they compete, who judges, how often — the reports say only “in-team bouts”.

Three

Roles in the women’s team. Beyond the lead stick there is no list of how the other parts are cast.

Four

Founding year. A 2023 article on the Puning municipal government site gives 1998 and 80 members; another article from the same government, and a report of July 2026, give 2009, founded by Li Junhao with just over 30 members at the start. Both dates stand here; neither has been settled.

Elsewhere · exits

Look elsewhere

Puning Yingge Nanshan Yingge Team Niigou Yingge Team Volume 6 · Teams Volume 5 · When it is danced

Sources

Sources	Type
“Who says women are not the equal of men!” — the Yingge girls of Fumei villagePeople’s Daily2026-09-24	Media reports
Same story reprinted (with video and photographs)Tencent News2026-09-24	Media reprint
Puning Yingge to appear on CCTV againPuning Municipal People’s Government2023 article; gives Lihu Town and the 1998 date	Government website
Community Traditional Song and DanceCultural Affairs Bureau, Macao SAR GovernmentProgramme for 24–25 October 2026	Official programme
Fumei Youth Yingge Team: US exchange performancesTencent News21 July 2026; gives the 2009 founding	Media reports
Footage from the Fumei Youth Yingge Team’s own account Team-run accountsUsed October 2026 under team permission; not credited on site	Image permission
Yingge images (Wikimedia Commons)Wikimedia Commons; photographers credited in captionsRetrieved 2026-10	Openly licensed images

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