Chinese Storytelling Research Database
The Wu Song Project
Genre definition:     Oral Performances
koutou biaoyan
口頭表演
Performance genres
shuochang
說唱
Storytelling
pinghua, pingshu
評話, 評書
Yangzhou storytelling
Yangzhou pinghua
揚州評話





Wu Song da hu
武松打虎

Wu Song fights the tiger


Performed by Wang Xiaotang
Audio Tape : recorded by Vibeke Børdahl
Private collection of Vibeke Børdahl
Shuihu Wu shi hui Water Margin, Ten Chapters on Wu Song (水滸 武十回)
Recorded 21-5-1989 : Home of Wang Xiaotang, Zhenjiang
Wang Xiaotang performs the first few sentences of the beginning of the episode of Wu Song fights the tiger. Ca 10 minutes. This happened during the first visit that Vibeke Børdahl made together with professor Chen Wulou.

The available digital copy was cut from the original tape. Digitalization was funded by the Research Council of Norway
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