All the others are just imitations of Peking Opera, so the acting is quite similar. For the average non-theater buff, apart from the fact that the language is Hakka, the new type of tea-picking opera doesn't appear to be much different from Peking Opera or Taiwanese opera.
因此，在外行人看來，改良後的客家採茶戲除了語言外，似乎與京劇、歌仔戲沒有太大的差別，因而也有人稱採茶戲為「客家歌仔戲」。