What is the origin of crosstalk?

Crosstalk is a kind of folk art, which originated in Beijing. It is generally believed that it evolved from folk jokes in Tongzhi period of Qing Dynasty. It has the artistic characteristics of making people laugh and make people happy, with speaking, learning, teasing and singing as the main artistic means. The performance forms can be divided into stand-up crosstalk (one person performing), counterpart crosstalk (two people performing) and group crosstalk (more than three people). In the past, Beijing dialect was the main language, and later, "Dialect Crosstalk" with local dialect as the main feature appeared.

Crosstalk is a popular folk art form with simple form, lively performance and strong irony. With the origin of the word "cross talk", the theoretical circle has summed up the development clues of "image-sound-cross talk". The formation and growth stage of cross talk is the process from "image-sound" to "cross talk" and finally named it "cross talk".