Representative works of traditional cross talk

1 Stand-up comedy category: Legends of Emperors "Pearl, Jade and White Jade Soup", "Song Xiance Testing Characters" (a "Shaokang Festival Character Testing", "Ziyouzi Testing"), "Emperor Selection of Tombs"; Legends of Three Kingdoms Characters "Zhang Fei Climbing a Tree",

"Borrowing Arrows from a Straw Boat"; as well as myths and legends "The Legend of the White Snake" and "Meng Jiangnu"; "Stupid Son-in-law" or "Stupid Son"-style stories, such as "A Fool Learns to Be Good", "Poetry for Horses", and "Eating Mooncakes";

Stories about fools humiliating themselves, such as "Shandong Fighting", "Tofu Minister", "The County Magistrate Meets the Governor"; stories that praise intelligence, such as "Fire Dragon Shirt", "Zenghe Bridge", "Returning to the Boat after a Storm"; stories with prototypes

Stories, such as "Tianwang Temple", "Huang Banxian", "Hua Wax Keer"; those originating from folk jokes, such as "Xiao Lin Guang Ji", "Hurrying for the Examination", "Fantastic Beasts in the Mountains", and "The Matchmaker with a Skillful Mouth".

2 Crosstalk category: "Three Eats Fish" and "Brother and Sister Couple" which are based on anecdotes of literati; "Running on the Sea" and "Gang Daozi" which describe anecdotes of artists; "Han Fuju's Speech" and "Housework" which describe interesting stories about warlords

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3. Group cross talk category: There are only fifteen segments of group cross talk recorded in the "Comprehensive Collection of Traditional Chinese Cross Talk". Among them, the only ones that are still commonly performed today are "The Mandarin Jacket", "King Kong Legs", "Looking for the Five Sons" and "Four-Character Couplet"

, "Training Disciples" and "Four Generations", "Four Administrations and Four Jurisdictions", and "Drinking Order".

Comical cross talk shows that were once popular, such as "Selling Horses" and "Famen Temple", are no longer performed today.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, folk art troupes from various places adapted some traditional activities into cross talk dramas, such as "Hua Wax Ke Er", "Fake Connoisseur", "Three Levels in a Row" and "Little God". In fact, this is a good attempt.

But today, due to the lack of personnel, we can only regret it.