It is the setting poem.
Before performances, opening poems, folk art language, cross talk, storytelling and other folk arts actors often recite four or eight lines of poetry. The verses are often humorous, short, concise and impressive. The purpose is to quickly gather the audience's ears so that the actors can immediately enter the performance. In this way, the actors are first settled in the scene, so it is called a setting poem.
Some other setting poems:
1. The sea turtle once deceived the frog in the well, and the great roc spread its wings around the world. The strongest among the strongest, the stronger among the strongest. Don't boast to others.
2． The armored general spent the night at the pass, and the courtiers showed off the cold weather. The eminent monk in the mountain temple has not yet risen, and it seems that fame and fortune are not as good as leisure.
3. Storytelling, singing and opera to persuade people, the three main roads take the center. Good and evil will be rewarded in the end, and the right path in the world is subject to vicissitudes of life.
4. Wine is a poison that penetrates the intestines, sex is a steel knife that scrapes bones, wealth is a detriment to others, and gas is a smokeless artillery. The four pieces will be put together in the near future. I advise you not to fall in love with the highest, which is the right way to cultivate yourself.
5. The dream of wealth and honor, fame and fortune. The flesh and blood before our eyes is not real, and love turns into hatred. Don't put a golden shackle around your neck, don't put a jade lock around your body. With a pure heart and few desires, escape from the mundane world and be happy and beautiful.
There are fewer and fewer contemporary artists who are good at performing stand-up comedy. Due to the decrease in stand-up comedy works, the use of setting poems is also becoming less and less. Among the well-known cross-talk actors, only stand-up kings Mr. Liu Baorui and Guo Degang use it. More. In the early years, stand-up comedians such as Zhang Shouchen and Guo Quanbao used it on stage. In addition, Shan Tianfang, a famous storytelling performer, has also widely used it in his works, which has had a profound impact on the spread of setting poems.
Setting Poem-Baidu Encyclopedia