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Storytelling business loses appeal in digital age

Updated: 2016-03-11 16:05:51

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A man tells a story while others play musical instruments at a temple fair in Liushudian village in Yan'an city, Northwest China's Shaanxi province, March 10, 2016. The folk art of storytelling was a popular form of entertainment and a means to instill moral values and preserve cultural heritage in northwestern Shaanxi in times gone by, but the popularity of TV and Internet has led to its rapid decline. There's hardly any young storyteller in the trade today and audiences are mainly elderly people. [Photo/China News Service]

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