Website of Chinese Storytelling

WEBSITE OF CHINESE STORYTELLING Professor Vibeke B0rdahl has arranged a website of Chinese storytelling·· (shuoshu~>t.), .which···provides ·a short and concise introduction· to the field of Chinese Storytelling, as well as information about·projects on Chinese storytelling going on notonly atthe Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS) but also elsewhere. In addition, the site offers· a bibliography of studies on Chinese .performance arts (shuochang~#;Ol§),including storytelling and··other· genres involving chant and/or narration. It also provides a list of publications on Chinese storytelling and related topics by the.initiators· of the website, conferenceinfonnation, and announcements for the Yangzhou Club (a cross-disciplinary network initiated by Vibeke B0rdahland Lucie Olivova [Charles University, Prague]). The text is authored by Vibeke B0rdahl with stunning photographs by the late Jette Ross (1936-2001) and site design byJens-Christian S0rensen. Thesite can be found at: www.shuoshu.org and http://eurasia.nias.ku.dklshuoshu Photo by Jette Ross WangXiaotang :.f.f1~~ (1918-2000) performing the tale ofWu Song Fights the Tiger (Wu Song da hu fE~~1JJJe) in Copenhagen 1996. Photographs on this page and over by Jette Ross(1936-2001). Courtesy of Strange Ross. CHINOPERL Papers No. 24 (2002)© 2002 by the Conference on Chinese Oral and Performing Literature, Inc. C H I N O P E R L P a p e r s N o . 2 4 Photo by Jette Ross 138 ...