But now most "Dance Drum" chen have neither dancing nor drumming, but have become feats of twisting over backward to pick up money with one's teeth, body contortions, human pyramid building, or tumbling, with the audience throwing money as encouragement.
例如跳鼓陣，最引人的本是其節奏明快的鼓聲、扭動有力的身段；現在絕大多數的跳鼓陣，卻不跳動、不打鼓，在同業競爭下，紛紛出現下腰咬賞錢、軟骨功似的把式，再加上觀眾丟錢鼓勵，更變本加厲地表演疊羅漢、翻觔斗等特技。