Quyi Storytelling and Ballad Arts

Daoqing and Yugu Fish-Drum Ballads

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Moral songs and tales sung to the fish drum and wooden clappers, in plain and ancient tunes.

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Drum-Ballad Storytelling (Gushu)

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Long drum-ballad tales beaten out on drum and clapper: historical romances, court cases and knights-errant.

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Suzhou Pingtan

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Long serial tales and sung openers in soft Wu dialect, accompanied by sanxian and pipa.

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Pingshu and Pinghua Storytelling

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Long serial tales opened with a slap of the gavel: Three Kingdoms, Water Margin and Yue Fei.

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Shidiao and Xiaoqu (Ditty Songs)

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Ming–Qing popular songs and city ditties sung seated, short tunes full of feeling.

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Cantonese Yuequ and Naamyam

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Cantonese sung pieces and narrative ballads, from wistful naamyam to storytelling muk-yu.

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Qinshu (Dulcimer Ballads)

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Narrative songs to the yangqin, long and short tales sung in a plain, homely style.

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Errenzhuan

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Northeastern duets sung and danced by a pair, fans and handkerchiefs flying, witty and lively.

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Danxian and Paiziqu (Linked-Tune Ballads)

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Pieces sung as chains of named tunes; in danxian the singer taps an octagonal drum to the sanxian.

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Kuaishu and Kuaiban (Clapper Recitation)

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Rapid rhymed recitations to bamboo clappers, like the famous Wu Song tales of Shandong kuaishu.

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Xiangsheng (Crosstalk)

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Solo, duo and group crosstalk routines, full of mimicry, banter, song and punchlines.

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Jingyun Dagu (Beijing Drum Ballad)

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Short drum-ballad pieces sung standing, many drawn from the Three Kingdoms and Dream of the Red Chamber.

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