濮陽市華龍區東北莊村是全國聞名的雜技之鄉，2000年被中國雜技家協會命名為“中國雜技之鄉”，與河北吳橋并稱為中國雜技“南北兩故里”。
    
    早在元末明初，東北莊就有很多人“干雜技”。清朝中期，東北莊雜技進入全盛時期。清朝末朝著名的是“喬家班”。喬治清與河北吳橋著名的“張家班”班主之女張素真相遇并相愛，后結為秦晉之好。喬氏夫婦汲取兩家雜技的精髓，使“喬家班”的名聲更響了。“喬家班”吸取了中華武術和民間藝玩之精華，練出了武功、氣功、跑馬、變戲法和帶彩絕技等，遍游中原，頗有影響。 由于名聲越來越大，“喬家班”還多次進宮演出。在喬治清的率領下，這一支有50個藝人加盟的雜技團體先后到過日本、印度、俄羅斯、朝鮮等 20多個國家演出。慈禧太后看了“喬家班”的表演后也贊不絕口，并授“喬家班”萬壽龍燈兩盞，御賜瓷壺一把，以彰其技之優。35集電視連續劇《雜技東北莊》就是以喬家班的人物為依據制作而成，并且在濮陽東北莊實景拍攝。
   
    1949 年中華人民共和國成立后，東北莊人的雜技熱情更高、技藝更精湛了。該村雜技藝人分赴全國各地，成為各省、市的正規雜技團體的骨干力量。解放后，該村的雜技力量成為濮陽市雜技團和河南省雜技技團的主要基礎。據統計，東北莊籍的演員，近10年中捧回國家級、世界級的各種雜技獎杯（牌）達37個。近幾年來，中央各大媒體甚至外國媒體曾多次到東北莊采訪，如奧地利國家電視臺。 
 

  Dongbeizhuang Acrobatics 
     
 

    Dongbeizhuang Village in Puyang City, is a national-famous hometown of acrobatics, which was named as Hometown of Acrobatics in China by China Acrobats Association in 2000 and was one of Two Hometown of Acrobatics in south and north with Wuqiao, Hebei province. 
       
    There had been many people working as acrobats in as early as the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty. In the middle of Qing Dynasty, Dongbeizhuang acrobatics reached its peak. At the end of this dynasty, the most famous one is Qiao Group. Later, the leader of Qiao Group, Qiao Zhiqing married the owner's daughter of another group, Zhang Group. They two combined essence of the two group and made Qiao Group earn a better fame. Besides, Qiao Group creates horse race, perform conjuring tricks and many other acrobatics with absorbing quintessences of Chinese martial art and folk art. Qiao Group has ever played in the Imperial Palace for many times and in over 20 countries. Empress Dowager Cixi gave a very high praise after her appreciation and awarded several luxury things. Besides, the famous TV play series Acrobatics in Dongbeizhuang is made according to Qiao Group and shot in Dongbeizhuang. 
      
    After the establishment of People's Republic of China, there are more and more people working as acrobats and the playing skills also reach a higher level. Puyang Acrobatics Group and Henan Acrobatics Group choose acrobats mainly in Dongbeizhuang. According to statistics, acrobats in Dongbeizhaung have won as many as 37 national or even international medals in recent 10 years. Furthermore, several major media in China even many foreign media make a report of it many times.