广义地说,民间说书在中国几千年前就有了。而现代意义上的评书,作为一种独立的艺术品种,大约形成于清代初期。评书以北方语音为基础,用北京语音为标准音调进行说演。中国华北和东北的大部分地区均见流行。 评书的表演形式,早期为一人坐于桌子后面,以折扇和醒木(一种方寸大小,可敲击桌面的木块。常在开始表演或中间停歇的当口使用,以提醒听众安静或警示听众注意,故名)为道具,身着 Broadly speaking, folk stories have existed in China thousands of years ago. The modern sense of storytelling, as an independent variety of art, was formed about the early Qing Dynasty. Commentary to the north of the voice-based, with Beijing speech as the standard tone said speech. Most parts of North China and Northeast China are prevalent. The form of the storytelling, early one person sitting behind the table to fold the fan and wake up wood (a square inch size, can hit the desktop of the wood .Once the beginning of the show or in the middle of the stop when used to remind the audience quiet or alert listeners Note, named) as props, dressed