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 …
Liu and his master Wang Wenxi keep the clapper-talk tradition alive. Liu has successively compiled clapper talk textbooks for Zhangzhuang primary school and Quanxin primary school. "Besides polishing one's language skills, clapper talk can boost cognitive abilities and motor skills. It obtained a national design patent, and was mass-produced and sold at Shandong culture and art center grand theater and …
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 …
