Artist Wang Lan, who paints characters from Chinese opera, says that the biggest difference between Chinese opera and Western opera is the music used.
擅畫國劇人物的畫家王藍指出，國劇和西洋戲劇很大的不同點，除了寫實與非寫實的懸殊之外，就是國劇裡的音樂，必須「跟」演員的動作，而水袖即有「叫鑼鼓」的作用。