That was not all--they also performed in local dialects. Sometimes performers would have to spit out in one breath the names of all the dishes in an imperial "Manchurian-Han" banquet, and it only counted as a job well done if they didn't get winded or red in the face. In fact, comic dialogues are only one kind of spoken art.
此外，還有運用方言的「怯口活兒」，以及連珠炮似的「貫口活兒」，例如一口氣滴滴溜溜說出滿漢全席的菜名，還要臉不紅，氣不喘，才算真格兒本事。