Beijingers like to go to the city’s famous Guang de Lou Teahouse to enjoy the cross-talk (相声) of De Yun She. But now, many of them go there to ______ Jingyun Dagu. It is a kind of ______ Chinese art of storytelling and singing. It was once popular in Beijing and Tianjin during the Qing Dynasty (清朝). There are usually one or two people standing and singing during the ______.

The Guang de Lou Teahouse is often ______ people on Sunday afternoons. And don’t be surprised that over half of the people are ______. 26-year-old Mr. Wang is one of them. “I like traditional Chinese ______, for example, cross-talk, Peking Opera and Jingyun Dagu. I really love the great skills in the music and ______ in Jingyun Dagu.” he said. After having loved the art for years, Mr. Wang is almost an expert on it.

But most of the young don’t ______ as much as Mr. Wang. Some university students come to watch Jingyun Dagu after listening to De Yun She’s cross-talk. “In the cross-talk, there are many singing parts that come from Jingyun Dagu. I thought them interesting and found more to listen to. And then I ______ the traditional art.” one of them said.

Thanks to young people’s love, traditional art is revived (复兴) in Beijing. Many fans ______ ask for more performances. It makes the performers and artists confident about the future of traditional art.