The more classic Suzhou Pingtan include: "Du Shiniang", "Love in Ludang", "Three Smiles", "The Legend of Japanese Pao", "The Golden Phoenix", "The Legend of the White Snake", "The Jade Dragonfly" ", "Pearl Tower", "Western Han Dynasty", "Eastern Han Dynasty", "Three Kingdoms", "Sui and Tang Dynasties", "Golden Gun", "Yue Zhuan", "Heroes", etc.

Tanci Gang uses speaking, gimmicks, playing and singing as its main artistic means. The sanxian and pipa are mainly used for accompaniment when playing ci. You can play and sing by yourself, or you can accompany and contrast each other. The ci playing pays attention to "reason, taste, interest, detail and technique". Suzhou Pingtan was once praised by a master of traditional Chinese culture as "the most beautiful voice in China". Its melodious singing and elegant lyrics are one of the artistic characteristics of Pingtan.

Suzhou Pingtan is a traditional folk art storytelling drama that uses Wu dialect to speak and perform. It was produced and popular in Suzhou, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, and is sung in Suzhou dialect. Pingtan has a long history and was quite popular during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. The most famous artist is Wang Zhoushi, who sang for Emperor Qianlong.

During the Jiaqing and Daoguang years, there were four famous masters: Chen Yuqian, Mao Changpei, Yu Xiushan, and Lu Ruiting. During the Xianfeng and Tongzhi years, there were Ma Rufei, Zhao Xiangzhou, Wang Shiquan, etc. After that, there were many famous schools and schools, making Suzhou Pingtan art still popular after more than 200 years.

Suzhou Pingtan includes both speaking and singing, and can be roughly divided into three performance styles, namely single performance for one person, double performance for two people, and three performance for three people. The actors all play and sing by themselves, and the accompaniment instruments are small sanxian and pipa.

The singing music is a variation of the plate style. The main tunes are [Shu Tune] that can sing different styles and contents. It also absorbs many tunes and folk songs, such as [Fei Jia Tiao], [Ranji Crow], etc. . [Shu Diao] is the basis for the development of various genres of singing. It forms a rich and colorful genre of singing through the singing of different artists.

The above content refers to Baidu Encyclopedia-Suzhou Pingtan