Song and Dance duet

Local ditties are also called "local tunes", which come from local cultures and have local flavors and styles. There are a variety of local ditties, which spread in their original forms. They fall into two categories: one is shidiao, the other is folk. Shidiao local ditties include Beijing shidiao; Tianjin shidiao; taipinggu of Heilongjiang,Jilin and Liaoning; Shaoxing pinghudiao ofZhejiang; Ningbo zoushu; Jiangsu xuanjuan; Anhui flower-drum opera; Shandong liqu; Fujian ditty; errentai of Shaanxi, shanxi and Inner Mongolia; Guangdong yuequ; Nanping tanchang of Sichuan. Folk ditties include Shibuxian lianhualuo of Beijing; Cangzhou mubanshu of Hebei; Qinzhou sanxianshu and Wuxiang sanxianshu of shanxi; Shanghai bozishu; Wuxi xiaorehun ofjiangsu; Suzhou wenshu; Shaoxing lianhualuo of Zhejiang; menge and sijutuizi ofAnhui; Xiangqu shuochang (singing and story-telling) and zhubange of Fujian; Hubei sanbanggu; Lianxiang and chedeng of Sichuan; Ningxia ditties; Ningxia qingqu; Hezhou xianxiao of Gansu; Xining xianxiao of Qinghai.

As the history of their existence varies, the aforementioned local ditties are at different stages of development. Some are mature such as Guangdong yuequ; some are more primitive with simple tunes. Nonetheless, all of them have taken deep root in the local cultures and are popular among the people.