Yang Yang was born in Shanghai and studied dance since childhood. In 2003, Yang Yang applied for both PLA Art College and Shanghai Dance Academy. In the end, he chose to study in the Dance Department of PLA Art College because he loves a military uniform.
Yang Yang was a literary and art soldier at school, and his academic performance was excellent. In the second year of school, she won the first place and participated in international and domestic dance competitions on behalf of the school for many times. At that time, his dream was only to be an excellent dancer.
Before the Spring Festival in 2007, the crew of Li's Dream of Red Mansions selected 15 candidate actors from the PLA Art College, and initially determined that Yang Yang and other six actors would participate in the training. At this time, he was preparing for the graduation ceremony of the Nanjing Military Region, and he had to take part in the international dance competition, so he couldn't take part in the yong ying, while Yang Yang performed the solo "Dandelion" in the graduation performance.
Subsequently, under the coordination of many parties, Yang Yang accepted the independent training of the crew. After two months of professional training, he was selected by director Li and became an adult Jia Baoyu in A Dream of Red Mansions, thus stepping into the film and television circle.