Today those who are first to arrive move some stools into position and start tuning up their fiddles or picking out a melody on their round lutes. A singer in the opening scene takes up a fan, rolls his eyes, adopts an elegant hand gesture with his thumb touching the tip of his middle finger, and launches himself heart and soul into the performance.
這天，先到的人，搬了張板凳便伊伊唔唔拉起殼仔弦，或彈起月琴，前場演戲的拿了把扇子，一個回眸、一個蘭花指，便忘我地演了起來。