Chinese Storytelling Research Database
The Wu Song Project
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

Tongtianhe
通天河

The River of Heaven
Performed by Dai Buzhang
Stock phrases used in this version of the story:

且說 qie shuo meanwhile let us tell