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Pingshu / Pinghua | |
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Native name | |
Typical instruments | None |
Pingshu | |||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 評書 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 评书 | ||||||
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Pinghua | |||||||
Traditional Chinese | 評話 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 评话 | ||||||
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Shuoshu | |||||||
Traditional Chinese | 說書 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 说书 | ||||||
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Shuohua | |||||||
Traditional Chinese | 說話 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 说话 | ||||||
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Pingshu (Chinese: 评书) or pinghua (Chinese: 评话) refers to the traditional Han Chinese performing art of storytelling with no musical accompaniment. It is better known as pingshu in northern China and pinghua in southern China.