Culture&Life | "Crosstalk bus" launched in north China's Tianjin-Xinhua
Culture&Life | "Crosstalk bus" launched in north China's Tianjin
Source: Xinhua
Editor: huaxia
2025-08-14 16:37:15
Crosstalk artists perform on a "crosstalk bus" in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Ran)
TIANJIN, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Tianjin in north China has inaugurated a special "crosstalk bus," regular night bus service with professional crosstalk artists performing onboard throughout the 50-minute journey. The launch of this bus service is part of the ongoing Tianjin Crosstalk Festival that opened on Aug. 2.
Crosstalk, or Xiangsheng in Chinese, is a traditional form of comic monologue or dialogue popular in Tianjin.
A "crosstalk bus" stops by the side of Haihe River in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Ran)Tourists line up to get on a "crosstalk bus" in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Ran)Crosstalk artists perform on a "crosstalk bus" in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Ran)An artist performs kuaiban, a traditional Chinese performance art that combines rhythmic clapping with storytelling, on a "crosstalk bus" in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Ran)■
