The difference between Yangzhou Pingtan and Suzhou Pingtan

The difference between Yangzhou Pingtan and Suzhou Pingtan: the origin and artistic form are different.

1, Yangzhou Tanci is popular in Yangzhou, Zhenjiang, Nanjing, Shanghai, northern Jiangsu and other places. In addition to tanci, its name also includes the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage projects-simplified books, dialogues and string words. Yangzhou Tanci Bibliography mainly describes love and marriage stories. The music of Yangzhou Tanci is Paizi music. The artistic characteristics of Yangzhou Tanci in performance can be summarized as four words, namely, stage, small, skillful and curly.

2. Suzhou Pingtan is the general name of Suzhou Pinghua and Tanci. Folk can also be collectively called storytelling, storytelling is a big book, and storytelling is a small book. The venue of the performance is called the book house, and the storyteller can also be called Mr. Storyteller. Pingtan came into being and became popular in Suzhou, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, and was sung in Suzhou dialect. Pingtan has a long history and was quite popular as early as the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. Suzhou Pingtan can be divided into three performances, namely, one-person single file, two-person double file and three-person three-file performance. All the actors played and sang by themselves, accompanied by Xiao Sanxian and Pipa. Vocal music is a plate variation, and the main theme is a book tune that can sing different styles of content. At the same time, it also absorbed many tunes and folk songs, such as Feijia tune and cock crow.