Are there any books about Quyi?

The types of Quyi are as follows:

1. Storytelling

Storytelling is characterized by only talking and not singing, and an actor tells stories. "Comment" means to comment with comments. Li Yu said that storytelling is "the words are the street gossip, and the things are the direct explanations" in "Casual Stories". Storytelling is generally told in Mandarin, and some people use local dialects, such as Sichuan Storytelling and Hubei Storytelling.

2. Crosstalk

Crosstalk is developed from China folk jokes, which has the characteristics of being relaxed, lively, funny and witty, and can increase people's knowledge and meet the requirements of mass culture and entertainment through humorous language and performance. The most common form is one person's stand-up and two people's fighting counterparts.

3. Allegro

Allegro includes allegro, counterpart allegro (Digital Treasure), Shandong Allegro, Tianjin Allegro, Bamboo Book and other genres. It is recited by one or two actors, accompanied by bamboo boards, knots and copper plates (mandarin ducks). Allegro was originally a simple narrative, with no storyline, a dry board and a fast rhythm.

4. Drum music

Drum music has strong musicality, mainly singing lyrics. Two-thirds of the songs in Quyi belong to this category.

5. Tanci

Tanci is popular in southern China. Generally, two people play and sing, one plays Sanxian and the other plays Pipa, talking and singing, which is called double gear. There is also a man who plays and sings himself.

6. Drum

Drum is popular in North China and Northeast China. Usually accompanied by three strings, the actors sing with drums. Some don't have to be accompanied by musical instruments, but only sing on drums. It is the product of the Yellow River basin, prevailing in the late Qing Dynasty, and evolved from folk songs.

7. Rap books

Big books are medium and long books. Even talking and singing during the performance, talking and rapping. This kind of music, such as Xihe Drum in the north and Pingtan in the south, is very popular with farmers.