Shanghai Story(209): Love for Pingtan (I)
Culture
Length: 00:25:00
Date: 2015-3-7
Collection
Keywords: Opera art | The art of pingtan | Shanghai Pingtan Book Fair | Pingtan music | The first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list

The singing style and the turning tunes of Pingtan as well as the sorrows conveyed by it all make people amazed. Ding Xiewei who was carried in the arms of his father in the childhood grew up in the Pingtan book fair. After he grew up, Ding Xiewei became a Pingtan fan like his father. Besides listening to Pingtan on the radio, Xue Luping often goes to the book fair to listen to Pingtan.