What is crosstalk?

Crosstalk, a folk rap art. It highlights its characteristics in the form of speaking, learning, teasing and singing.

Crosstalk is a folk art form that makes the audience laugh with jokes, funny questions and answers, and rap. Let the audience laugh with jokes, funny questions and answers, rap, etc. Often used for satire, it is now used to praise new people and new things. According to the number of people, it is divided into cross talk, stand-up cross talk, group cross talk and cross talk drama.

China crosstalk has three cradles: Beijing Tianqiao, Tianjin Quanyechang 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 in spoken language, mainly in Beijing dialect.

The main roads are folding fans, handkerchiefs and lifting wood. 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.

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Zhang Sanlu is the earliest crosstalk artist with written records. According to relevant records and speculation, Zhang Sanlu was originally an octagonal drum clown artist, and later switched to cross talk. His artistic career began in Daoguang period of Qing Dynasty. The children's book "Follow the Fate" says: "Learning cross talk is like reviving Zhang Sanlu, and the copper mule is like winning three games."

Zhu Shaowen, the granddaddy of music (1829- 1904). A poor stage name is not afraid. He is a flag bearer of the Han army and his ancestral home is Shaoxing, Zhejiang. When he performed, the bamboo board on which he beat the beat was engraved with the words "All articles are not afraid of poverty, and five cars are poor in history".

Often arrested twice for satirizing the Japanese government. Zhang Shouchen publicly praised Ji Hongchang and others for their resistance to Japan and criticized the authorities' policy of non-resistance. It is also difficult for me to satirize the "base" of Tianjin police at that time.

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