摘要
苏北琴书又名宿迁琴书,民间惯称"打扬琴"或"打蛮琴",因广泛流布于江苏北部地区,故得名"苏北琴书"。该曲艺源自明末清初的苏北民间小调,清道光年间形成于宿迁地区,至今已有二百多年的历史,深得当地群众的喜爱,该项目已被列入江苏省非物质文化遗产代表性名录。
Story-telling Opera of Northern Jiangsu Province could also be called Suqian story-telling opera.It is an art form sang in Suqian Dialect with a long history,and its historical origin could be traced back to folk songs in Northern Jiangsu Province in late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty,formed in the Suqian region during the period of Emperor Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty.It has a history of more than 200 years and is deeply favoured by local people.