Wang Chen-yi, secretary-general of the Association of Taiwanese Ballads, who has been to the mainland many times, contends that as ko-tzai-hsihas been developing for less than 100 years, it has the special characteristic of being thoroughly plain and simple. For example, singing is done in a natural voice, with the transitions gentle. Movements are smoother, more suave, closer to the style of southerners.
多次到閩南考察的台灣歌仔學會秘書長王振義認為，閩南歌仔戲發展不到一百年，非常講究「樸實自然」的特性，像唱腔以自然人聲、聲韻陰柔等，做工也比較委婉，接近南方人風格。