To indicate a change in mood, an actress makes a bashful entrance wearing a "shy look" on her face, or stares fixedly ahead with a "cross look" to express shock or outrage, while stepping forcefully across the stage and maintaining an expression of concentration. It's all a big contrast to Taiwan-style ko-tzai-hsi, in which "the director gives a root, and the actors improvise the branches."
為了表達人物的內心變化，小旦出場時含羞帶怯的做出「羞眼」，晴天霹靂之時則睜大眼睛定住做「怒眼」，舞台台步剛勁有力，表情精準，與台灣歌仔戲「師傅講一支骨，演員生根又發葉」的即興發揮完全不同。