Liu performs clapper talk with youngsters onstage. A Shandong music teacher is mixing traditional compositions with modern techniques to popularize the folk art of clapper talk among youngsters, Zhang Lei reports. Meet Liu Yawei, a clapper talk performer who is doing his bit to keep the traditional Chinese percussion instrument made of bamboo from sinking into oblivion. Clapper talk is …
The Beijing-based artist plays the drums as a hobby in his spare time. BEIJING - It's Sunday, and Komatsu Yota, a 28-year-old from Japan is on a bus, heading toward a Beijing-based theater for a clapper talk performance. Clapper talk is a traditional Chinese form of narrative singing accompanied by a pair of bamboo clappers to mark the beats. Attracted …
