Four Masters of Chinese Storytelling Video Collection
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Four Masters of Chinese Storytelling Video Collection
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Four Masters of Chinese Storytelling Video Collection 2001-2004
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extent: 3.3 linear feet (4 boxes) containing 1 monograph with 408 pages and 361 video compact discs (VCDs).
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scopecontent: Scope and Content This collection is the product of the "Large-scale Registration of Chinese Storytelling" conducted by Dr. Vibeke Børdahl and Fei Li between 2001 and 2003. During this project, the repertories of four masters of Chinese storytelling in Yangzhou - Dai Buzhang, Fei Zhengliang (Fei Li), Gao Zaihua, and Ren Jitang (Ren Dekun) - were filmed on video for a total of 360 hours of storytelling. The videotapes were then converted into sets of video compact discs (VCDs) and donated to research institutions in Asia, Europe, and the United States. The four masters recorded for the project were Dai Buzhang of the Dai school of Journey to the West, Fei Zhengliang (Fei Zhengliang is the artistic name for Fei Li.) of the Wu school of Three Kingdoms, Gao Zaihua of the Kang school of Three Kingdoms, and Ren Jitang (Ren Jitang is the artistic name for Ren Dekun.) of the Wang school of Water Margin. The collection also includes a medium-length repertory, Emperor Qian Long Goes South, told by Ren Jitang. The collection is accompanied by the monograph, Four Masters of Chinese Storytelling: Full-Length Repertoires of Yangzhou Storytelling on Video, edited by Vibeke Børdahl, Fei Li, and Huang Ying. This book provides summaries of the content on each VCD, biographical information about each of the four masters, and descriptive articles about Chinese storytelling in Yangzhou in both Chinese and English.
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Biographical History for: Four Masters of Chinese Storytelling Video Collection 2001-2004
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body: Biographical History Vibeke Børdahl, Ph.D., is a senior researcher at the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS) in Copenhagen, Denmark. She has taught Chinese language and literature at the University of Aarhus, the University of Oslo, and the University of Copenhagen, and has published books related to Chinese storytelling listed below. Dr. Børdahl directed the "Large-scale Registration of Chinese Storytelling" project and her work is featured on a web site about Chinese storytelling at http://www.shuoshu.org/ Bibliography Børdahl, Vibeke. Along the Broad Road of Realism: Qin Zhaoyang's World of Fiction (London: Curzon Press, 1990) Børdahl, Vibeke. The Oral Tradition of Yangzhou Storytelling (Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press, 1996) Børdahl, Vibeke, ed., The Eternal Storyteller: Oral Literature in Modern China (Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press, 1999) Børdahl, Vibeke and Jette Ross. Chinese Storytellers: Life and Art in the Yangzhou Tradition (Boston: Cheng and Tsui Co., 2002)
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scopecontent: To play a VCD with Windows Media Player, insert the VCD in the CD or DVD tray of your computer. Open the Windows Media Player, click on "File" and then "Open." A dialog box will appear, listing the MPEGAV folder. Under "Files of Type," select "Any File." A .dat file should appear in the dialog box. Double click on the .dat file, and the video will launch in the Windows Media Player view window.
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Four Masters of Chinese Storytelling: Full-Length Repertoires of Yangzhou Storytelling on Video.
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scopecontent: Edited by Vibeke Børdahl, Fei Li, and Huang Ying. (Copenhagen: Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, 2004). This book provides a detailed log of the content on each VCD, biographical information about each of the four masters, and descriptive articles about Chinese storytelling in Yangzhou. 408 pages.

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scopecontent: Dai Buzhang performing Journey to the West in one hundred days of storytelling. Recorded April 8, 2003 - October 24, 2003.

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scopecontent: Fei Li (Fei Zhengliang) performing the First Part of Three Kingdoms in fifty days of storytelling. Recorded April 8, 2003 - June 8, 2003.

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scopecontent: Gao Zaihua performing the Central Part of Three Kingdoms in one hundred days of storytelling. Recorded April 5, 2002 - December 5, 2002.

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scopecontent: Ren Jitang (Ren Dekun) performing the Wu Song Saga from Water Margin in eighty-eight days of storytelling. Recorded April 5, 2002 - November 15, 2002.

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scopecontent: Ren Jitang (Ren Dekun) performing Emperor Qian Long Goes South in twelve days of storytelling. Recorded November 16, 2002 - December 3, 2002.

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scopecontent: The video compact disc that was included with the book, Four Masters of Chinese Storytelling: Full-Length Repertoires of Yangzhou Storytelling on Video, contains selections from each of the four masters on the first day of recording.