Current location:business >>
Popular Chinese crosstalk comedians bring laughter, cultural charisma to London
business9People have gathered around
IntroductionGuo Degang is a popular Chinese traditional crosstalk comedian who has over 15 million followers on ...
Guo Degang is a popular Chinese traditional crosstalk comedian who has over 15 million followers on China's video-sharing platform Douyin.[Photo/Xinhua]
Thunderous laughter and applause almost blew off the roof of an auditorium in London's ExCeL Exhibition Centre on Saturday night, when a punchline by Guo Degang, a popular Chinese traditional crosstalk comedian, landed with an audience of thousands.
Along with Guo and his partner Yu Qian, a handful of comedians from the De Yun She Performance Group performed Xiangsheng, or crosstalk comedy, with both jokes about life anecdotes and traditional crosstalk episodes.
"Laughter is contagious and that is what makes the art form of crosstalk comedy powerful," said Guo, a leading character in both the performance group and the industry.
Guo and his group started their first overseas tour in Australia in 2011. Since then, they have performed in places including the United States, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, Japan and Singapore. This was the group's second time performing in London.
"The outcome of our years of international tours has made me realize the enduring vitality of traditional art," he said, adding that such performances can help overseas Chinese overcome homesickness through "voices in their mother tongue" and introduce traditional Chinese culture to a broader audience.
"Ever since I started learning Chinese, I've been interested in Xiangsheng," Christian Elliott, an audience member who has been learning Chinese for more than five years, told Xinhua. He wanted to see how much of the show he could understand given that there is a difference "between knowing conversational Chinese and knowing 'full' Chinese."
Elliott added that such an experience can help him learn more about the Chinese culture, history and the way people from a different background think.
Saturday's show was also the first public appearance in London for a few younger-generation performers, among whom was Meng Hetang, who joined the group in 2008.
Meng said that young inheritors of time-honored art forms, like himself, need to not only adhere to and promote tradition, but also innovate to keep pace with modern times. He performed his recently-created episode during the show.
In recent years, crosstalk comedy is becoming increasingly popular in China, especially with young people. Guo alone currently has over 15 million followers on China's video-sharing platform Douyin, while other fellow performers have several million followers each.
With London being the first stop of its Europe tour this year, the group was expected to perform in cities including Glasgow, Paris, Milan and Madrid in the upcoming month.
Tags:
Reprint:Friends are welcome to share on the Internet, but please indicate the source of the article when reprinting it.“Stellar Stand news portal”。http://lithuania.shellye-mcdaniel.com/content-06d499581.html
Related articles
Investigators return to Long Island home of Gilgo Beach serial killing suspect
businessMASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Investigators returned Monday to the home of a New York architect charg ...
【business】
Read moreStormy Daniels names Ben Roethlisberger during Donald Trump hush
businessFormer Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger's name cropped up in Donald Trump's hush-m ...
【business】
Read moreMichigan man accused of making explosives to target Satanic Temple in Massachusetts
businessGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan man carrying explosives traveled to Massachusetts in 2023 and ...
【business】
Read more
Popular articles
- Target to lower prices on basic goods in response to inflation
- Millie Mackintosh stuns in a paint splatter dress as she attends a home décor workshop
- Rory McIlroy will NOT return to PGA Tour board after 'old wounds' reopened in 'messy' discussions
- Rangers reacquire OF Robbie Grossman in trade with White Sox
- Britain's new bonkers EV: Callum Skye is an £80k electric buggy built in Warwickshire
- California girl, 14, is charged with the murder of human trafficking non
Latest articles
Georgia Republicans choose Amy Kremer, organizer of pro
Footage shows Fox Theatre balcony bouncing as excited fans dance at Gunna's Atlanta concert
Algeria's leader demands justice over French colonial
Micah Leon's seven
Ben Whishaw lights up the Croisette as he joins his co
The View's Whoopi Goldberg reveals her daughter got pregnant at the age of 15 as 'REVENGE'
LINKS
- Jason Sudeikis and ex Olivia Wilde beam at their kids in LA park... after ending 18
- Police clear out a migrant camp in central Paris. Activists say it's a pre
- Helicopter mid
- Eddie Redmayne puts on a loved
- Global plastic treaty: Negotiations hit critical stage in Canada
- Helicopter mid
- Hurricanes lose defenseman Brett Pesce to lower
- Abbey Clancy screams with embarrassment as she's teased over her music career with throwback song
- Why Meghan's podcast has hit a snag before it even begins: Duchess's much
- Aboriginal spears taken by Captain Cook in 1770 are returned to Australia's Indigenous people