VIDEO: the sweet sound of Suzhou Pingtan
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05 May 2016
Xiaoliang Yuan, an expert on Suzhou Pingtan gave a lecture on the art form at the Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Museum. Pingtan is storytelling and singing in Suzhou dialect and is based on Suzhou’s traditional Wu culture.
05 May 2016
Humanities and Social Sciences
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