Chinese Storytelling Research Database
The Wu Song Project
Genre definition:     Oral Performances
koutou biaoyan
口頭表演
Performance genres
shuochang
說唱
Drumtales
dagushu
大鼓書
Danxian drumtales
danxian
單弦

Tiao lian cai yi
挑簾裁衣

Lifting the curtain, sewing clothes
Performed by Liu Hongyuan
Stock phrases used in this version of the story:

這一回 zhe yi hui In this round
倘若是諸君要不信﹐您聽我演唱一個榜樣 tangruo shi zhujun yao bu xin, nin ting wo yanchang yige bangyang if you, honorable audience, do not believe, please, listen to the example that I shall now sing for you