On stage there looked to be the customary singing, gestures, recitation, combat and orchestral accompaniment to each scene; but the costume designs were anything but traditional, attempting to convey a subdued texture through orange and black materials. In another departure from traditional Peking opera the actors no longer wore their traditional maquillage, and dispensed with customary accessories such as sleeve drapes and artificial beards.
舞台上端是看似慣常的唱、作、念、打和文武場的急管繁弦；但服裝、造型卻完全脫離了傳統的影子，試圖以橘黑色系的布織服裝表達沉重的質感；與傳統國劇大相逕庭；演員不再畫上傳統臉譜，更舍卻了水袖、髯口等尋常不過的輔助工具。