Chinese Comic Dialogue
Introduction ?XiangSheng(cross talk)is a traditional Chinese comedic and foremost performance .
?Usually, Cross Talk (Xiangsheng), features two men humorously sparring back and forth. By vivid and rich descriptions of characters and events
?Modern xiangsheng is made up of four skills -
?speaking (说),?imitating (学),?teasing (逗),?singing (唱).
History ?It rose as a performing
act during the Ming Dynasty.
?From the Qing Dynasty
to the 1920s, xiangsheng gradually developed to become a
style of comedic monologue.
?In early years, street cross talkers in Beijing's Tian Qiao area to play.
?Although Beijing was home to the cross talk, but the port city of Tianjin, with its proximity was a place where cross talkers must go to perform.
?Gradually, Tianjin became a place where any new pieces had to be first performed and recognized before being staged in Beijing.
?The earliest xiangsheng comedian known by name is Zhang Sanlu (张三禄), who performed in the mid nineteenth century.
Ma Sanli Li Wenhua Hou Baolin Shi Fukuan Hou Yaowen
De Yun She
?Guo Degang YU Qian
Yue Yunpeng