中国曲艺

Chapter Ⅰ

Folk Performing Art's Place in Chinese Culture

Section ⅠFolk Performing Art Genius

Section Ⅱ The Popularization of Entertainment

Section Ⅲ Representatives of the Common People

Chapter Ⅱ

Artistic Traditions in Chinese Folk Performing Art

Section Ⅰ Xia Li Ba Ren

Section Ⅱ Comedy and Humor

Section Ⅲ Seize the Moment

Chapter Ⅲ

Performance Techniques

Section Ⅰ The Art of Expression

Section Ⅱ Entry and Exit

Section Ⅲ Performance and Appreciation

Chapter Ⅳ

The Art of Storytelling

Section Ⅰ The Origin of the Storytelling

Section Ⅱ The Spirit， Form and Language of Storytelling

Section Ⅲ Improving Storytelling： Liu Jingting （1587—1670）

Section Ⅳ Continuing the Storytelling Tradition

Chapter Ⅴ

Tanci and Guqu

Section Ⅰ The Artistic Charm of Tanci

Section Ⅱ Continuing the Art of Tanci

Section Ⅲ The Artistic Charm of Guqu

Section Ⅳ Continuing the Art of Guqu

Chapter Ⅵ

Cross Talk

Section Ⅰ Performance Skills

Section Ⅱ Cross Talk's Performance Characteristics

Section Ⅲ The Great Master of Cross Talk： Hou Baolin

Section Ⅳ Continuing the Tradition of Cross Talk

Author's Note

A Brief Chronology of Chinese History

曲艺，是中华民族各种说唱艺术的统称。它是由民间口头文学和歌唱艺术经过长期发展演变形成，是以“口语说唱”来叙述故事、塑造人物、表达思想感情、反映社会生活的表演艺术门类。多数以叙事为主、代言为辅，具有“一人多角（即一个演员模拟多种角色）”的特点，或说或唱；少数以代言为主、叙事为辅，分角色拆唱，不同的曲艺品种与其各自产生的地区方言关系密切，曲艺音乐则是我国民族音乐的重要组成部分。演出时演员人数较少，通常仅一至二三人，使用简单道具。表演形式有坐说、站说、坐唱、站唱、走唱、拆唱、彩唱等。曲本体裁有兼用散文和韵文、全部散文和全部韵文三种。音乐体式有唱曲牌的“联曲体”、唱七字句或十字句的“主曲体”，或综合使用两者。