The menu to the left will take you to the various parts of the Chinese Storytelling website. Below is a brief description of what each of these parts is about and what you can expect to find there.

The illustrations for this website are, unless a special source is given, prepared by the late Jette Ross. Sources for the illustrations are given in Børdahl & Ross: Chinese Storytellers - Life and Art in the Yangzhou Tradition , Cheng & Tsui, Boston 2002.

The creation of this website was funded substantially by the S.C.Van Foundation (Daloon Foundation), Denmark.

Chinese Storytelling

Here you find a guide into the field of Chinese Storytelling, arranged under the following headings: Oral and Written Literature; Professional Storytelling; History and Milieu; Masters and Disciples; Elements of Performance; Sagas of Storytelling.

Research Projects

Here we intend to bring information about projects on Chinese storytelling going on not only at NIAS, but also elsewhere. Currently NIAS is hosting the following projects:

• Chinese Storytelling: The Interplay of Oral and Written Traditions in Popular Culture
  Projectleader Vibeke Børdahl
• Large-scale Registration of Chinese Storytelling: Four Masters of Yangzhou Storytelling Complete Repertoires
  Project leader Vibeke Børdahl
• Translation into Chinese of The Oral Tradition of Yangzhou Storytelling
  Cooperation between the author Vibeke Børdahl, and the translator Mi Feng

Publications

Information about books and articles on Chinese Storytelling and related matters published by the initiators of the website.

Bibliography

Here you find a list of studies on Chinese storytelling and other quyi genres. We invite you to add lists and items to the bibliography.

Conferences and meetings

Information about recent and future conferences, workshops and seminars concerning Chinese storytelling and related fields of study.