Editing Yangge (section)

===North Shaanxi===
The dance may be in large groups of a dozen to a hundred people, or in two or three-person groups. The dancers move from location to location, visiting different parts of the town. The leader of the procession of dancers is called the ''santou'' or "Umbrella" who wields an umbrella to lead the movement of the group.<ref>{{cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SWuPCNxdsQgC&pg=PA18 |title=Popular Chinese Literature and Performing Arts in the People's Republic of Chinaa, 1949-1979 |editor= Bonnie S. McDougall |author= David Holms |chapter=Folk Art as Propaganda: The Yangge Movement in Yan'an |pages=13–21 |publisher=University of California Press |year= 1984 | isbn=978-0520048522}}</ref>  He also sings, usually improvised, while the others will repeat his last line.  Various characters may appear in the procession, such as the two comic characters Big-Headed Monk and Liu Cui ({{lang|zh|柳翠}}), and the [[Eight Immortals]].  The procession first follows the ''santou'' in a single file to form a large simple circle, and later then forms other more intricate patterns.