Errentai
| Errentai | |||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 二人臺 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 二人台 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | Two-person stage | ||||||
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| Errenban | |||||||
| Chinese | 二人班 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | Two-person troupe | ||||||
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| Dawanyi'er | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 打玩意兒 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 打玩意儿 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | Beat the thingie | ||||||
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| Shuangwanyi'er | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 雙玩意兒 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 双玩意儿 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | Double thingie | ||||||
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| Bengbeng | |||||||
| Chinese | 蹦蹦 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | Hop-hop | ||||||
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Errentai, also known as Errenban, Dawanyi'er, Shuangwanyi'er, and Bengbeng, is a genre of Chinese opera performed by two singers. It is popular in Fugu County and Shenmu County in northern Shaanxi, Hequ County in northwestern Shanxi, Kangbao County in northwestern Hebei, and areas near Baotou, Hohhot, and the Ordos Plateau in Inner Mongolia.
In 2006, errentai was listed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage by the government of China.