Liang Hsiu-chuan, an instructor in the Department of Opera at Chinese Culture University recalls seeing Chen Yen-ch'iu wearing five-and-one-half-foot sleeves in a performance of Tung Wu Erh Ch'iao (Two Beauties in Tungwu) in Peking.
執教於文化大學戲劇系的梁香娟表示，她看過最長的水袖，是「四大名旦」之一的程硯秋，演出「東吳二喬」時出現的五尺半長。