I take certain aspects of various local folk musics and use them in a way to give the play its proper tone and feeling. "Ch'u considered Peking, Cantonese, and Shaohsing opera styles, before deciding Western opera was the most appropriate.
屈文中在研究分析平劇、粵劇、紹興劇、豫劇…… 等傳統戲曲和西洋歌劇的演出後，決定以西洋配器和管弦語法，來表現中國風味音樂。