Zhang Shouchen's Masterpieces of Xiangsheng Performance

Author: Zhang Lalin
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Publish Date: 2006-12-03
Features: Xiangsheng is the art of language. Its performance demands concise and fluent language, lively, sharp, yet humorous and subtle. Its language is both artistic colloquial speech and literary language that reflects daily life. Xiangsheng is an art that makes people laugh, but it doesn't provoke superficial or helpless laughter. It is a profound form of humor that brings joy and leaves a lasting impression. Today, Xiangsheng performances are conducted in Mandarin, making them accessible to everyone. Thus, no other art form has a broader audience base than Xiangsheng. Xiangsheng is the art of language, and its performance requires concise, lively, sharp, yet humorous and subtle language. Its language is both artistic colloquial speech and literary language that reflects daily life. This book collects over 400,000 words of the main representative works of the respected performing artist Zhang Shouchen, specifically reflecting the achievements and style of Zhang Shouchen's Xiangsheng art.