She dressed up the actors in new styles, created new sets, and attempted to break down traditional strictures on sheng (male) and dan (female) stage roles. She sought to throw off the complex baggage of oral literary traditions and turn Peking Opera into a more approachable form of modern theater.
郭小莊挖空心思地打造新造型、新舞台，並試圖突破生旦等角色限制、褪卻繁冗說唱文學的包袱，將京劇轉化成更具親和力的現代歌劇。