Why do most cross talks use Beijing dialect (what are the cross talks in Beijing dialect)

1, crosstalk is mostly Beijing dialect because crosstalk originated in Beijing and flourished in Tianjin.

There are three cradles of cross talk: Beijing Tianqiao, Tianjin Quanyechang and Nanjing Confucius Temple. It is generally believed that it was formed during the reign of Xianfeng and Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty. It is a popular form of folk art in China, which makes the audience laugh by telling jokes or interesting questions and answers. Crosstalk evolved from the image of the Song Dynasty. By the end of Qing Dynasty, crosstalk had formed modern characteristics and styles. Crosstalk is widely spread in North China, so it is mainly in Beijing dialect, but there are also dialect crosstalk in local dialects.

3. In the process of its formation, cross talk has widely absorbed artistic advantages such as ventriloquism and storytelling, taking harmony as its foundation, satirizing jokes to express truth, goodness and beauty, making people laugh as its artistic feature, and speaking, learning, teasing and singing as its main artistic means. There are three forms of performance: stand-up crosstalk, mouth-to-mouth and group mouth. Stand-up crosstalk is performed by actors and tells jokes; Crosstalk is two actors hugging each other and teasing each other. There are usually two types: one is heavy-tasting and the other is feeding the mother. Crosstalk, also known as group work, is performed by more than three actors. Traditional crosstalk plays satirize all kinds of ugly phenomena in the old society and reflect all kinds of life phenomena mainly through humorous narration. After 1949, in addition to continuing to carry forward the satirical tradition, there have also been works praising new people and new things. Traditional cross talk tracks include Guan Gong vs. Qin Qiong, Drama and Dialect, Jia Xingjia, Stripping the jacket and so on. The works that reflect real life have great influence, such as Nocturnal Walking, Buying Monkeys, Yesterday and Hat Factory.