As Li points out, Xiang opera training in mainland China is extremely strict and regulated. For example, there are eight prescribed ways of positioning the hands, and the course of each individual movement as well as the transitions between movements must all conform to set patterns.
李秀華指出，大陸的薌劇教學非常嚴謹而規範，像是手的姿勢就有所謂的八位手法，每一個動作從開始到結束，中間動作的運動路線，動作轉換間的高低、幅度大小都要符合規定才行。