Reviving rustic rhythm

Liu performs clapper talk with youngsters onstage. However, the identity Liu cherishes the most is being the "representative inheritor" of Wang clapper talk, one of the three major schools of the art form. To attract more children to the folk art, Liu Yawei, an inheritor of the Wang school of clapper talk, designs and improves clapper boards. Liu met Wang Wenxi, known as "the king of clapper talk", during a performance 18 years ago. Despite being somewhat of a child prodigy, Wang Wenxi's extraordinary cross-talk art and his excellent clapper techniques later in life were in dire need of an inheritor until Liu came along.