But in some Chinese operatic promotions where not much attention is paid to the costume and props, one can often see performers wearing strings of beads without pendants, thus turning the court beads back into prayer beads.
只是對服裝、道具不太考究的戲劇，往往便在演員身上掛一串沒有記撚、背雲的珠串，朝珠也就成了念珠。