Crosstalk performer Guo Degang at a pre-screening event for Douxiaoshe in Beijing on Tuesday. Photo: Courtesy of Duo Bi

Deyunshe, or Deyun Club, the most popular and well-known traditional Chinese crosstalk club, is set to debut a reality show on Thursday on Chinese streaming site Tencent Video. 

The show, Douxiaoshe, which literally means competing to make audiences laugh, features veteran performers Guo Degang and Yu Qian and nine apprentices, including Luan Yunping, Zhang Helun and Zhang Jiuling. 

Due to the high popularity of these young up-and-coming performers, the club's crosstalk performances have been so well-received that they have even earned a huge number of followers similar to young pop idols.  

Nicknamed Deyun Girls, these young fans often create hot topics related to these performers on China's Twitter-like Sina Weibo. The show's official account on the platform currently has more than 260,000 followers. 

The show is Chinese streaming giant Tencent Video's first attempt at working with a traditional cultural club to promote traditional Chinese culture. 

According to show producer Yan Zhihua, many of today's popular shows feature imported singing and dancing culture, but a new trend is emerging, in which more and more young people are turning to China's traditional culture.