Errentai

Errentai
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Literal meaningTwo-person stage
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinÈrréntái
Errenban
Chinese
Literal meaningTwo-person troupe
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinÈrrénbān
Dawanyi'er
Traditional Chinese玩意
Simplified Chinese玩意
Literal meaningBeat the thingie
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDǎwányì'ér
Shuangwanyi'er
Traditional Chinese玩意
Simplified Chinese玩意
Literal meaningDouble thingie
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShuāngwányì'ér
Bengbeng
Chinese
Literal meaningHop-hop
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBèngbèng

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.