Oral Performanceskoutou biaoyan
口頭表演
Performance genres
shuochang
說唱
Balladsinging
qingqu
清曲
Yangzhou balladsinging
Yangzhou qingqu
揚州清曲
Oral Performances| Wu Song and Wu the Elder | The background of the brothers, Wu the Elder and Wu Song |
| Wounding a man | Wu Song (in a fit of drinking) has wounded/killed a man |
| Flight from home | Wu Songs flight from his home town |
| Staying with Chai Jin | Wu Song meets Song Jiang at Chai jin's manor |
| Travelling home | Wu Song travels via Yanggu District on his way back home |
| The tavern | Wu Song rests in a tavern, drinking a strong wine |
| The warning | The innkeeper/waiter warns Wu Song about a tiger on Jingyang Ridge |
| The proclamation | The official warning about the tiger, pasted to a temple wall |
| The rock | Wu Song falls asleep on a flat rock along the mountain track |
| The wind | A gust of wind (awakens Wu Song from his sleep) |
| The tiger appears | The tiger appears |
| Three ways | The tiger has three ways to intimidate people |
| Breaking the staff | Aiming for the tiger with his staff, Wu Song (misses and) breaks it |
| The fighting | The fighting between man and beast |
| The killing | The tiger is killed |
| Two tigers | As Wu Song is on his way down the ridge, two tigers come out from the brushes |
| The hunters | Hunters (dressed in tiger's fur) meet Wu Song |
| The reward | The hunters take Wu Song to the District Magistrate to fetch the reward for killing the tiger. Wu Song is also given a post as a captain. |