Storytelling · ST10703
Suzhou Pingtan
Long serial tales and sung openers in soft Wu dialect, accompanied by sanxian and pipa.
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Mural guide
In a lantern-lit teahouse on a snowy night, a man in a long gown plays sanxian and a woman in a qipao plays pipa, singing across an embroidered table with a microphone. Patrons in hats and furs listen over tea.
Wu-dialect storytelling: pinghua spoken, tanci sung to sanxian and pipa