abstract:Kuaiban or kuai ban ([literally "fast boards" or "bamboo talk" in Chinese), pronounced kuaibanr in Beijing] and also known as kuai shu ("fast books"), is a variety of [[shuochang, or oral storytelling performance popular in northern China. The name refers to bamboo clappers, the set of small bamboo boards or bones, which the performer(s) rattle to produce an accompanying beat.