What does it mean to open the box and seal the box in cross talk?

Sealing the box means performing cross talk for a year. This is the last one this year, and then I won't play it until the Spring Festival.

Opening the box is the first performance after the New Year, which means that the performance of the New Year officially begins, so it is very important to open the box and seal it.

Crosstalk, a kind of folk rap art, the word "Crosstalk" originated in ancient times, initially referring to imitating other people's words and deeds, and then developed into "image sound". The image sound is also called the image sound next door.

Crosstalk originated from the folk rap art in northern China and prevailed in Ming Dynasty. After the development of the Qing Dynasty until the early years of the Republic of China, crosstalk gradually developed from a person imitating ventriloquism to stand-up crosstalk, and its name was changed to crosstalk. One type of stand-up crosstalk has gradually developed into many types: stand-up crosstalk, counterpart crosstalk and group crosstalk, which are integrated into one. Crosstalk has different development modes in three places.

China crosstalk has three cradles: Beijing Tianqiao, Tianjin Quanyechang, Sanbuer and Nanjing Confucius Temple. Crosstalk originated in North China, popular in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, and spread all over the country and at home and abroad. It began in the Ming and Qing Dynasties and flourished in the contemporary era. Mainly oral performances. There are stand-up crosstalk, mouth-to-mouth crosstalk, group crosstalk, etc., which are rooted in the people and originated from life and are loved by the masses.

The originator of cross talk is that the famous schools are Ma () School, Hou () School, Chang () School, Su () School and Ma () School. The famous crosstalk performers are Ma, Hou, Chang, Su He. In the late 20th century, a generation of crosstalk masters, represented by Hou and Ma, fell down one after another, and the cause of crosstalk fell into a trough.

Since 2005, with the spread of emerging media such as online video websites, cross talk actor Degang Guo and his Deyun Society have sprung up, making the public pay attention to the art category of cross talk again and realizing the second revival of cross talk.

In 2008, crosstalk was listed in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage list by the State Council.