胡集书会是山东滨州惠民县胡集镇独有的传统曲艺集会，每年农历正月十二至正月十七举行，距今已有八百余年历史，被誉为 “中国北方最大的民间书会”。每逢会期，来自全国多地的评书、大鼓、琴书、山东快书等各类曲艺艺人齐聚胡集，沿街设场献艺，民众围坐聆听，艺人之间还要切磋技艺、拜师收徒。书会最初源于民间的 “灯节说书” 习俗，逐渐发展成规模庞大的曲艺交易市场，是北方曲艺文化的活态传承地。
The Huji Storytelling Fair is a unique traditional folk opera gathering in Huji Town, Huimin County, Binzhou, Shandong Province. Held from the 12th to the 17th day of the first lunar month each year, it has a history of more than 800 years and is known as “the largest folk storytelling fair in northern China”. During the fair, folk artists from all over the country who perform pingshu (storytelling), dagu (drum storytelling), qinshu (storytelling with lute accompaniment), Shandong clapper talk and other genres gather in Huji. They set up stages along the streets to perform, while crowds sit around to listen. Artists also exchange skills, take apprentices and teach newcomers. The fair originated from the folk custom of “storytelling during the Lantern Festival”, and gradually developed into a large-scale folk opera trading market, serving as a living inheritance place for northern Chinese folk opera culture.
与现代剧场演出不同，胡集书会保留了传统曲艺 “撂地演出” 的原生形态，艺人无需舞台布景，仅凭一副鼓板、一把琴就能开书，内容多为历史演义、民间传说与劝善故事，充满乡土气息。书会不仅是曲艺艺人的年度盛会，也是当地民众春节期间的重要娱乐活动，承载了华北平原的民间记忆与审美趣味。近年来随着老艺人减少，书会规模有所收缩，是亟待保护的国家级非物质文化遗产。
Different from modern theater performances, the Huji Storytelling Fair retains the original form of traditional folk opera “open-air performance on the ground”. Artists need no stage or scenery; they can start performing with just a set of drum clappers and a lute. The content mostly consists of historical romances, folk legends and moral stories, full of local rural charm. The fair is not only an annual grand event for folk artists, but also an important entertainment activity for local people during the Spring Festival, carrying the folk memories and aesthetic tastes of the North China Plain. In recent years, with the decrease of veteran artists, the scale of the fair has shrunk, making it a national intangible cultural heritage in urgent need of protection.