Suzhou Tanci: a folk art in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province. ? Using speaking, gimmicks, playing and singing as the main artistic means. The speaking part integrates narrative and endorsement, with both third-person narration and first-person characters. Most of the characters draw on the performance routines of opera, appear in narratives, and create various characters, with storytellers providing background and commentary.

On May 20, 2006, Suzhou Tanci was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage lists.

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Suzhou Tanci has the artistic characteristics of reason, taste, interest, detail, and technique (modern people have changed "technique" to "qi"). Its chants are generally in seven-character sentence pattern and rhyme according to Wu or Zhongzhou pronunciation. The basic tune "Shu Tune" is sung in a clear and clear recital style. The tone of the calligraphy is mainly based on language factors, advocating clear articulation and charm of the style. The standard basic tunes can be improvised according to the content to adapt to various bibliographic songs. The so-called "one song can sing hundreds of songs".

Performances of Suzhou Tanci usually focus on speaking, with singing mixed in with the speaking. When singing, Sanxian or Pipa is often used as accompaniment, and when speaking, Xingmu is also used as a prop to beat the knot and gather the spirit. The music used in singing is the storytelling tune of banqiang style, which is the so-called "book tune". Because many music schools have been formed during the spread, "Shu Tune" is also called "Basic Tune". Early performances were mostly performed by a male artist plucking the three strings and rapping in "single gear". Later, there were "double gear" performances by two people and "three gears" performances by three people.