In general, besides a table and a chair, the stage in a Peking opera has no other setting. The table and chair serve different functions in different plays. Sometimes, they serve as mountains, sometimes as walls. The actors 'gestures signify such actions as opening or closing of windows, and mounting or dismounting from horses.
平劇演出的舞台除了桌椅並無任何實景，而那桌椅常隨著演出的內容被賦與不同的作用，或為山崗或為牆垣；有時在空無一物的戲台上，演員只是舉手投足，便暗示了開門、關窗、上馬、下馬等行止。