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Yangzhou Tanci is a local folk art popular in Yangzhou, Zhenjiang, Nanjing and Lixiahe Area in North Jiangsu.
It is mainly performed through storytelling supplemented by singing.
Similar to Pinghua (a style of storytelling mixed with singing), Yangzhou Tanci is told and sung in Yangzhou dialect, but other local dialects are often adopted when a new character is mentioned, so as to distinguish the character.
The traditionally popular performances include Jade Dragonfly, Pearl Pagola and Story of White Snake, which are primarily romance and marriage stories.
Yangzhou Tanci was inscribed on the national intangible cultural heritage list in 2008.
Yangzhou Tanci is performed in a theatre in New Zealand. [Photo/WeChat account: yzs_lyj]
