
When we were young, we had never heard of televisions, computers, mobile phones, and we didn't even have a radio at home, only the big speakers of the production team, and the news was broadcast on time every day.
At that time, the most I was looking forward to was to watch a movie, watch a big drama, or listen to a book once.
Among the neighbors was an uncle who loved to listen to books and became friends with several storytellers. Every winter, when the farmer was idle, the uncle would invite book artists from other places to sing for a few days for the villagers who had been tired for a year. The remuneration is paid by the production team, and the meal is distributed to each household.
We call storytellers "the ones who sing the drums." When he heard that the "drummer" had come, he was so happy that he had eaten dinner early and carried the bench to the production team's yard house and waited. I had also heard of the silk string a few times, and the one who pulled the string was a blind man, which was probably the best profession that a blind man could engage in at that time.
Some of the contents of the book have been forgotten, probably all of which are ancient books such as "Tanuki Cat for Prince" and "Mu Guiying Hangs Commander". I also heard a new book called "Lotus Mountain Guerrillas", the story of fighting Japanese devils. Unfortunately, every time I listened to it, the storyteller had to leave. Leaving a suspense of "to know what happens after the fact, and listen to the next decomposition" is addictive.
Once, when the storyteller moved from our village to a neighboring village, I asked my father to take me to the neighboring village and listen. I insisted on it for two days, and on the third night, I couldn't stay up, came home from school, didn't eat dinner, and fell asleep on the bed. Missing the end of the story for this made me regret for a long time.
Another time, the aunt's village came to tell the book, and I loved to listen to books and came to the aunt's house. This time it was Dulcimer, a man and a woman. Men speak, women play the piano. The male is about 50 years old and the female is in his 20s. Listening to the adults, the two of them claimed to be father and daughter, but in fact they were husband and wife. The girl was fascinated by the book and eloped with the storyteller.
In the 1970s, there were very few old husbands and young wives, not to mention elopement, so people talked about it in private.
Now that I think about it, maybe it's true. In that era, material scarcity, spiritual poverty, closed and conservative. A storyteller who travels north and south, is well-informed, and spits out lotus flowers, is enough to seduce a girl who is not familiar with the world, naïve and full of fantasies.
In 1979, Liu Lanfang's commentary "The Legend of Yue Fei" was broadcast on many radio stations across the country, which was really an empty alley and unprecedented, causing a sensation in the country and influencing overseas. Liu Lanfang's voice is very distinctive, "high-pitched and loud, full of heroism in the capable, with the beauty of sonorous rhyme." ”
That year, I was in the second grade of junior high school, and every afternoon after school, I stood under the big radio in the village and listened to books. Once, when it was time for self-study, I sneaked out of the classroom with a classmate, went under a loudspeaker near the school, and hid in the ditch to listen.
Later, the second aunt came home from the northeast to visit her relatives, brought a radio, and gave it to me when she left. I was rewarded with a bowl after school while listening to the show. During this period, I heard Yuan Kuocheng's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Shan Tianfang's "Sui and Tang Dynasty", and Tian Lianyuan's "Sun Bing and Pang Juan". These are all long-form streams, and I'm just listening to some of them.
The performances of these four storytelling artists are pure and pure, each with its own advantages, which also makes the art of storytelling reach an unprecedented peak.
Later, after listening to Teacher Wang Gang's "Mysterious Island", it was Jules. A science fiction novel by Verne. At that time, I was amazed that Wang Gang alone could portray several characters with different voices, which were vivid. Teacher Wang Gang also has a work, "Harbin at Night", which was later adapted to the TV screen.
Nowadays, except for some middle-aged and elderly people, young people rarely like to listen to commentaries. Because there are too many media and too many entertainment programs now, it has reached the point of being overwhelmed. And the book review has long lost the popularity of the year.
As for those folk artists who go to the countryside and string villages, they have already disappeared as early as the time when the package production arrives at the household. It is not easy to listen to the drum once, and it can only be heard occasionally in the tea house of Linzhuo's hometown.
In 2006, the Huaibei Drum became the first batch of provincial intangible cultural heritage announced by the People's Government of Anhui Province.
Boudoir@ Lan:
2014-8-4 8:58
Old times, remember again, Sister Wind Chimes This old young and rosy photo looks good.
Bluebell Reply Boudoir@ Lan: Thank you! This was when I was fourteen. 
Light clouds and light wind:
2014-8-4 9:03
Listening to novels on the radio is a distant thing!
Bluebell Reply Cloud Light Wind Light: More than thirty years ago. 
Summer Milan:
2014-8-4 16:28
Before, material and spiritual enjoyment was so scarce
It's also a good situation to be able to listen to books
Bluebell Replies Summer Milan: Yes, Milan sister also heard books at that time
Flanker:
2014-8-6 21:56
Yes, I also miss that time, despite the scarcity of material and cultural life.
Xinhe (Xinhefang handmade ejiao cake):
2015-4-12 14:13
My sister is telling the truth, I like to listen to books like my sister, after school can not eat, first sit under the cable radio to listen to the commentary, encounter an urgent matter missed, must sit there on time at night to listen to the replay
Bluebells Reply Xinhe (Xinhefang Handmade Ejiao Cake): Same childhood!
Qingdi:
2015-8-4 6:28
This is a wonderful memory of a generation!
Falling flowers into dust is gentle:
My sister was so beautiful when she was young! In fact, anyone has a grand and private youth that is not known to outsiders. When you and I go through those years, we find out how beautiful it is... 
Bluebell Reply Falling Flowers into Dust Lightly: Huh! The first one was when I was 12 years old. More than 30 years, it's like a world away. 
2014-8-4 7:41
In that era of lack of cultural life, hearing about books was also a great enjoyment, and if the storyteller couple lived happily, they could understand, should support, and deserved blessings.
Bluebell Replies Flanker: The same thing has been seen differently in different eras, and now it is common for old men and young wives to do so. And at that time, it takes a lot of pressure and a lot of courage.
2014-8-4 9:00
Like such a text, upside down to see LingJie serial
Bluebell Reply Cloud Breeze: Good morning! 
2015-8-3 6:00
This is not only the case in those days, but also now.
Bluebell Replied to Qingdi: Not surprising now.