Storytelling · ST10709
Danxian and Paiziqu (Linked-Tune Ballads)
Pieces sung as chains of named tunes; in danxian the singer taps an octagonal drum to the sanxian.
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Mural guide
In an autumn courtyard strewn with persimmon leaves, a queued singer in a blue long gown taps a tasseled octagonal drum as he sings, accompanied by a sanxian player in black. Elders listen from a veranda hung with red lanterns.
Ballads sung as suites of linked tunes, led by Beijing's danxian