CrosstalkisoneofChineseQuyiperformingarts.ItoriginatedfromthefolkvocalartandhasenjoyedapopularitysincetheMingDynasty.Mostofthecrosstalkscomefromourdailylife.Therearealsosomeadaptedfromfolkjokes,historicalfigures,eventsandwordgames.Thebest-knownperformersareMaSanli,HouBaolin,MaJi,JiangKun,etc.Crosstalkhasbeenanationalartpopularamongbothhighbrowsandlowbrowswiththeeffortsofperformersgenerationaftergeneration.
1.它起源于华北地区的民间说唱曲艺,在明朝即已盛行:“起源于”可译为originatefrom,originate可构成以下词组:originatein/from(起源于)、originatewith(发生)。“民间说唱曲艺”可译为folkvocalart;“盛行”可用名词popularity表示,即译为enjoyapopularity,同时也可以使用动词prevail表示。