Yang Mingkun楊明坤(1949-)is proud of his performance techniques in Yangzhou storytelling(Yangzhou pinghua揚州評話).He said,“My master said I was better than him in imitating Pi Wu as I act like Pi in terms of voice narration,facial expression and gestures.”1 In this paper,I will examine Yang’s features of acting and explore how Yang enlivens the descriptions in his stories through aural and vocal means of communication.