Sichuan Pingshu

Sichuan
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Sichuan Pingshu is a kind of Han Chinese storytelling art. It is popular in urban and rural areas of Sichuan. Due to the similarity of pronunciation, it has also spread to Yunnan and Guizhou provinces. Sichuan Pingshu, which is mainly based on storytelling, has been popular in various parts of Sichuan since the Ming Dynasty. Artists use props such as tables, wake-up sticks, folding fans, and posts to attract the audience with words and perform some actions. The performance venues are mostly teahouses, where the audience can listen to the story while drinking tea. Sichuan Pingshu artists use a wake-up stick, a handkerchief and a folding fan to tell and perform, narrate and comment, and tell the story vividly and play the role vividly. Sichuan Pingshu originated from the "talking" of the Tang Dynasty and the "pinghua" of the Ming Dynasty and flourished in the Qing Dynasty. After Xianfeng, Sichuan Pingshu flourished. Famous Pingshu artists include Zhong Xiaofan and Dai Quannuo. In the 1950s, Sichuan Pingshu artists created a short and sharp "rhymed Pingshu" to tell stories in rhyme. In the 1960s, storytellers and professional authors adapted a number of revolutionary novels, such as "Red Rock", "Defending Ting'an", "The Fiery King Kong", "1 Snowfield", and "Gunshots on the Plain" into storytelling and achieved success. Li Boqing, a representative figure of modern Sichuan storytelling and a master of folk art, created a new form of storytelling on the basis of traditional storytelling, namely "Sandu storytelling". Famous Sichuan storytelling actors include Wang Bingcheng, Zhong Xiaofan, Fu Pingchuan, Tang Yulong, etc. The famous storytelling actor Xu Qing won the audience's praise with his wonderful performance art of "powerful hands, bright eyes, shaped body, and methodical steps". Sichuan storytelling is commented in Sichuan dialect. It is popular in urban and rural areas of Sichuan. Due to the similar pronunciation, it has also spread to Yunnan and Guizhou provinces. Sichuan storytelling has a long history and has produced many talents. It is known for its Sichuan local language characteristics. Due to the different ways of telling and expression methods, it is divided into "Qingpeng" and "Leipeng". Qingpeng mainly tells stories about love affairs such as cigarettes and legends, and focuses on literary narration, elegant conversation, and moving emotions. Leipeng mainly tells stories about history and 1, and focuses on martial arts, and pays attention to imitation and description. The sound of drums, horns, and cannons, the neighing of horses and the roar of tigers are all expressed through the mouths of artists, making the audience feel as if they are on the scene and hearing the sounds. There are also artists in Leipeng who specialize in martial arts books such as Pudao, Gangbang, etc. In addition, there is a school that combines "Qing" and "Lei" in one furnace, with both literary and martial arts, and has a wide range of books, and has compiled and performed some books that show modern and contemporary life. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Sichuan Pingshu also developed a form of rhymed Pingshu, which narrates stories entirely in rhyme, and uses a recitation tone during performance, which is catchy and easy to recite. Li Boqing pioneered the "Sanda Pingshu". His storytelling style is eclectic and the content is rich and colorful. He uses methods such as telling stories by telling stories in a roundabout way and bragging, and comments on serious matters with informal words. With his keen observation of social dynamics and vivid analysis with a critical spirit, he makes the humor in the bones of people in the southwest popular and common people, and it is very close to the lives of citizens.

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