Source: Stand-up comedy setting poem "Guo Degang". 1. Storytelling, singing and opera are used to persuade people
Explanation: It refers to the storytellers and opera singers in ancient times who usually speak and sing words of persuasion, persuading people to behave in an upright manner. 2. The three avenues go in the middle
Explanation: It means that there are three avenues running in the middle, and the twists and turns can be avoided.
3. Good and evil will be rewarded in the end
Explanation: Everyone knows this, isn’t it the common refrain that good will be rewarded with good and evil will be rewarded with evil. 4. The right way in the world is the vicissitudes of life
Explanation: Smashing an old world and building a new world is a normal law of social development.
Introduction to stand-up comedy
Stand-up comedy is a form of cross talk. One person speaks as a stand-up comic, two people speak as a counterpart, and three or more people speak as a group.
Stand-up comedy is a folk art form developed on the basis of folk jokes. It not only has the characteristics of cross talk, but also inherits the artistic techniques of folk jokes, stories, and storytelling. It has strong storytelling and full of interest, so it has been widely circulated in society.
Representative works
Full-length novels: "The Fight between the King and His Subjects", "The Birth of Ma Shou", "The Thief and the Ghost Seizes the Knife", "Zhang Guangtai Returns Home", "The King of Antiques", "Nine Heads" Case", "Song Jingang's Betting", "Jie Xueshi".
"Kangxi's Private Visit to Yueming Tower", "Second Master Shuo", "Yaojiajing", "Zhang Yi's Stay in the Inn", "Aftermath of the Three Kingdoms", etc.
Short stories: "Pearl, Jade and White Jade Soup", "Fighting", "Upgraded to Three Levels in a Row", "Fan Family Store", "Fake Expert", "Returning to the Boat after a Storm", "Apprentice", "Sunday" "Three dangers", "Wax stick", "Huang Banxian".
"Little Fairy", "Clever Matchmaker", "Thieves Talk", "The Magistrate Meets the Governor", "Character Testing", "The Art of War in Yunnan", "Verse", "Fantastic Beasts in the Mountains", "Funny" "You are playing", "One-word Poetry", etc. Extended information
Introduction to the opening poem
The opening poem is a terminology of folk arts. Performers of cross talk, storytelling and other folk arts often recite four or eight lines of poetry before performing a program. The poems are often humorous, short, concise and impressive, in order to quickly gather the audience's ears so that the actors can immediately enter the performance. ‘
In this way, the actor first settles the scene, so it is called a setting poem.
There are fewer and fewer contemporary artists who are good at performing stand-up comedy. Due to the decrease in stand-up comedy works, the use of setting poems is also becoming less and less. Among the well-known cross-talk actors, only stand-up kings Mr. Liu Baorui and Guo Degang use it. More.
In the early years, stand-up comedians such as Zhang Shouchen and Guo Quanbao used it on stage. In addition, Shan Tianfang, a famous storytelling performer, has also widely used it in his works, which has had a profound impact on the spread of setting poems.
Reference materials:
Baidu Encyclopedia_Setting Poem
Baidu Encyclopedia_Stand-up Comic
Baidu Encyclopedia_Guo Degang