Oral Performanceskoutou 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
Oral Performances| 三碗不過崗 | san wan bu guo gang | Three Bowls and You Cannot Cross the Ridge |
| 太陽大偏西 | taiyang da pian xi | the sun was slanting steeply towards the west |
| 非止一日 | fei zhi yi ri | it was not only one day |
| 攔路傷人 | lan lu shang ren | blocking the road and killing people |
| 不慌不忙 | bu huang bu mang | in no haste and no hurry |
| 搖頭擺尾﹐張牙舞爪 | yao tou bai wei, zhang ya wu zhua | it swayed its head and swung its tail, bared its teeth and flaunted its claws |
| 飛禽走獸 | fei qin zou shou | winged game and four-footed beasts |
| 頭重腳輕 | tou zhong jiao qing | his head was heavy and his feet were light |
| 爺吃三十碗﹐挺身過崗 | ye chi sanshi wan, ting shen guo gang | I can drink thirty bowls and still go straight across the ridge |
| 明知山有虎﹐偏向虎山行 | ming zhi shan you hu, pian xiang hu shan xing | clearly knowing there was a tiger on the mountain, he obstinately climbed that tiger mountain |
| 虎生雙翼 | hu sheng shuang yi | if the tiger had a pair of wings |
| 挺身過崗 | ting shen guo gang | go straight across the ridge |
| 向西而去 | xiang xi er qu | march towards the west |
| 辭王別駕 | ci wang bie jia | bade farewell to his lord |
| 君子一言﹐快馬一鞭 | junzi yi yan, kuai ma yi bian | one word form the noble man is like digging the spurs into a flying horse |
| 酒色財氣 | jiu, se, cai, qi | wine, sex, wealth and vigour |
| 虎死不落架 | hu si bu luo jia | a dead tiger keeps its posture |
| 斑斕猛獸 | banlan mengshou | a mottled fierce beast |
| 深山野洼 | shenshan yewa | deep mountains and desolate moors |
| 店東部攔﹐地保不阻 | diandong bu lan, dibao bu zu | the innkeeper does not hold him back, the headman does not prevent him from going |