What are the characteristics of comedy

The Characteristics of Xiangsheng

Xiangsheng is a form of Chinese opera in which jokes or comical questions and answers are told to make the audience laugh. It evolved from the Song Dynasty's "Xiangsheng" (像生). In the late refined era, the comedy formed a modern character and style. It is mainly spoken in Beijing dialect, but there are also "dialect comedies" spoken in local dialects. "Speaking, learning, teasing and singing are the basic artistic means in the tradition of xiangsheng. "Speaking" is to tell jokes and tongue twisters, etc., "learning" is to imitate all kinds of hawking sounds, the whining sounds of birds and animals, theater singing and the appearance of all kinds of characters, language, etc., "teasing" is to be a comic relief. Tease" is a joke, "singing" is to make up some funny words with a variety of tunes to sing, or some of the opera singing words, tunes exaggerated singing to attract laughter.