近代评弹艺人“走码头”

The Living Style of Storytelling and Ballad Singing Artists in Modern China

苏州评弹是近代江南地区大众娱乐的文艺形式,流遍城乡,形成了都市、市镇、乡村的层级市场。为了获取市场、维持生计,评弹艺人频繁流动在都市、市镇、乡村之间,起到了沟通城乡的效果,带动了城乡之间的社会和文化交流。这些联系与交往,有助力江南成为一个日益紧密的区域。

Storytelling and Ballad Singing in Suzhou was a literary form of mass entertainment in south of the River in modern China, which spread all over the urban and rural areas and formed a hierarchical market of cities, towns and villages. In order to occupy the market and make their living, storytelling and ballad singing artists ran around frequently between cities, towns and villages, which played a role in the communication between urban and rural areas and promoted the social and cultural communication between them. These connections and contacts helped the south of the River become an increasingly close region.