Title Page | Collection Summary | Scope and Contents | Biographical/Organizational Note | Arrangement
Collection Summary
| Title | Four masters of Chinese storytelling video collectionfull-length repertoires of Yangzhou storytelling on video,, 2001-2004 |
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| Collection Number | AFC 2004/021 |
| Inclusive Dates | 2001-2004 |
| Location | Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
| Extent (original) | 3.3 linear feet (4 boxes) containing 1 monograph with 408 pages and 361 video compact discs (VCDs). |
| Collector | Børdahl, Vibeke |
| Languages | Chinese, Yangzhou dialect; English |
| Summary | The entire repertories of four master storytellers, Dai Buzhang, Fei Zhengliang (Fei Li), Gao Zaihua, and Ren Jitang (Ren Dekun) were recorded on video for the project "Large-scale Registration of Chinese Storytelling" from 2001 to 2003 in Yangzhou. In addition, a medium-length repertoire was told by Ren Dekun. Project co-leaders were Fei Li and Vibeke Børdahl, project assistant, co-editor and translator was Huang Ying, Yangzhou University; photographers were Li Xin and Chen Wei, Yangzhou. Yangzhou storytelling (Yangzhou pinghua) is oral narrative, primarily in Yangzhou dialect, performed with gestures and learned through apprenticeship with a professional master storyteller. |
| Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/eadafc.af006006 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Online Catalog record for this collection: http://lccn.loc.gov/2005700224 |