This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Xiangsheng" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR(May 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
Crosstalk
Xiangsheng performers in a Tianjin theater.
Medium
Sound
Types
a traditional performing art in Chinese comedy
Originating culture
Chinese culture
Originating era
late Qing Dynasty
Xiangsheng
Traditional Chinese
相聲
Simplified Chinese
相声
Literal meaning
face and voice[1]
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Xiàngsheng
Xiangsheng (traditional Chinese: 相聲; simplified Chinese: 相声; pinyin: Xiàngsheng; lit. 'face and voice'), also known as crosstalk or comic dialog,[2] is a traditional performing art in Chinese comedy, and one of the most popular elements in Chinese culture. It is typically performed as a dialog between two performers, or rarely as a monolog by a solo performer (similar to most forms of stand-up comedy in Western culture), or even less frequently, as a group act by multiple performers. The Xiangsheng language, rich in puns and allusions, is delivered in a rapid, bantering style, typically in the Tianjin dialect (or in Mandarin Chinese with a strong northern accent). The acts would sometimes include singing, Chinese rapping, and musical instruments.
Xiangsheng has connections with the vaudeville Double act that developed in approximately the same era. Some Westerners have studied the art of Xiangsheng.[3][4] One Canadian student of Xiangsheng, Mark Rowswell, who uses the stage name of Dashan, has said that the closest English equivalent is "Who's on First?", a sketch by Abbott and Costello.[5] However, many acts in vaudeville and radio double acts, as well as the screen comedy dialog that evolved from them, are similar to Xiangsheng in their formula.
^King-fai Tam; Sharon R. Wesoky (28 August 2017). Not Just a Laughing Matter: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Political Humor in China. Springer. pp. 76–. ISBN 978-981-10-4960-6.
^Edward L. Davis (2 August 2004). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture. Routledge. pp. 1301–. ISBN 978-1-134-54953-5.
^"Dashan - Ambassador to China's Funny Bone".
^"Jesse Appell - Laowai in Beijing". One in a Billion. 2015-10-23. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
^"What is Xiangsheng?". Dashan Online. Archived from the original on 2013-12-12. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
Xiangsheng (traditional Chinese: 相聲; simplified Chinese: 相声; pinyin: Xiàngsheng; lit. 'face and voice'), also known as crosstalk or comic dialog, is a...
February 8, 1996) is a Chinese actor and xiangsheng performer. He is known for his appearances in Deyunshe xiangsheng performances and his role in the historical...
(Chinese: 大山; pinyin: Dàshān; lit. 'Big Mountain'), is a Canadian comedian, xiangsheng performer, and television personality popular in China. Relatively unknown...
Chen Xiangsheng (born 1 June 1956) is a Chinese engineer who is a professor and dean of the College of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Shenzhen University...
comedy are Chinese skit and Xiangsheng. Xiangsheng (simplified Chinese: 相声; traditional Chinese: 相聲; pinyin: xiàngsheng; lit. 'face and voice'), also...
he was formally accepted into the xiangsheng hierarchy when he took Ding Guangquan to be his Shifu. Today xiangsheng is still a large part of Bates' work...
Shi Xiangsheng (Chinese: 施祥生; pinyin: Shī Xiángshēng; born 1942) is a Chinese writer. He is best known for his 1997 story "A Sun in the Sky" (Chinese:...
Guo Degang (Chinese: 郭德纲; pinyin: Guō Dégāng) is a Chinese crosstalk (xiangsheng) comedian and actor. Guo's film appearances include The 601st Phone Call...
Yuling on (1982-04-29)April 29, 1982), is a Chinese comedian, crosstalk (xiangsheng) and sketch performer, film actress, producer and director born in Xiangyang...
Guankou may refer to: Talk strings, oral technique used in xiangsheng performances Guankou, Fujian, in Jimei District, Xiamen, Fujian Guankou, Hubei, in...
formally Beijing Deyunshe Culture Communication Company Ltd., is a Chinese xiangsheng organization and folk art performance group based in Beijing, established...
the best known of which is Peking Opera which is still popular today. Xiangsheng is a certain traditional Chinese comedic performance in the forms of monologue...
seventh century before becoming a tool of the government.[citation needed] Xiangsheng is a style of traditional Chinese comedic performance in the form of a...
Miliangtun Stilts Traditional opera Kunqu Peking opera Melodious art Xiangsheng Acrobatic Performance and game Weiqi(Go) Xiangqi Folk art Ivory carving...
Fuchen (defected) Chongzhen Emperor Sun Chengzong † Yuan Chonghuan Lu Xiangsheng † Man Gui † Ma Shilong Zhu Shichuan, Prince of Yanchang † Milayin (米喇印) †...
series about a young manzai duo Double act Nininbaori Kyōgen Rakugo Owarai Xiangsheng – the Chinese analogue to manzai. Spark (火花) – a 2015 novel about two...
from these noted xiangsheng performers so that he could bring the art of xiangsheng to Singapore, and promote the local xiangsheng culture. He worked...
was known for his xiangsheng, a form of Chinese entertainment akin to stand-up comedy. Ma Sanli delivered some of his xiangsheng in the Tianjin dialect...
(born 17 January 1955) is a Chinese actor and film director who was a xiangsheng actor before he started working on films and television series. He is...
Yue Yunpeng (Chinese: 岳云鹏; born 15 April 1985) is a Chinese actor and xiangsheng performer, best known in film for portraying Zhu Tianpeng in Buddies in...
鞏漢林; pinyin: Gǒng Hànlín; born 20 October 1957) is a Chinese actor and xiangsheng performer and sketch comedy performer. Gong is notable for performing...
2014. He graduated from Beijing Film Academy. He is the son of renowned xiangsheng comedian Ma Ji. "Former CCTV Producer Joins iQiyi as Chief Content Officer"...
Wade–Giles: Wu Chao-nan; 14 January 1926 – 14 October 2018) was a Chinese xiangsheng comedian based in Taiwan. He was officially recognized by the government...
Chinese: 李金鬥; pinyin: Lǐ Jīndoǔ) is a Chinese comedian, sketch actor, xiangsheng performer, and professor of Chinese at Peking University. His disciples...
elements, then the food they eat can gain a "mutual generation sequence" (xiangsheng 相生) that is beneficial to the ones that eat them. In Taiwanese hotpot...
Global Information
