Chinese Storytelling Research Database
Genre definition: Oral Performances
koutou biaoyan
口頭表演
Performance genres
shuochang
說唱
Storytelling
pinghua, pingshu
評話, 評書
Yangzhou storytelling
Yangzhou pinghua
揚州評話
Shuihu Wu Song (14)
水滸 武松 (14)
Wu Song Saga from Water Margin
In eighty-eight days of storytelling
Performed by Ren Jitang 任繼堂
VCD recorded by Li Xin and Chen Wei ( 李新﹐陳偉) Recorded on 22-04-2002 : Yangzhou (揚州)
Eightyeight days of the Wu Song saga, performed by Ren Jitang, registered on 88 VCDs. Monograph with catalogue published in Four Masters of Chinese Storytelling, NIAS Press 2004.
The collection of 360 VCDs, corresponding to the entries of the catalogue in Four Masters of Chinese Storytelling, are deposited in the research libraries of Library of Congress, Washington D.C., Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, Academia Sinica, Taipei (Fu Ssu-nien Library) and Danish Folklore Archives, Copenhagen.
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