Chinese Storytelling Research Database
The Wu Song Project
Genre definition:     Written genres for performance and reading
shumiande biaoyan diben yu duwuxingde zhonglei
書面的表演底本與讀物性的種類
Performance literature
shuochang wenxue
說唱文學
Manchu gentry tales / Fast tales
zidishu/kuaishu
子弟書/快書

Wu Song da hu
武松打虎

Wu Song Fights the Tiger
Stock phrases used in this version of the story:

詩篇 shipian poem
注頭 zhutou introduction
表得是 biaode shi our performance is about
X X 板 x x ban x x rhythm
你看 ni kan look at him (audience appeal)
話白 hua bai spoken part
話表 hua biao the story we are performing
X X 調 x x diao x x melody
真乃是 zhen nai shi truly, so it was