The moral of the story is communicated imperceptibly. In recent years, another form of comic dialogues called xiaopin has been branching out in the mainland. It has special settings and props, similar to a small farce.
近年來大陸又由相聲發展出一種被稱為「小品」的變形相聲，有特殊場景和道具，類似短篇喜鬧劇的形式。