And looking at all the various regional operas in China, though performed in different dialects and using different vocal styles, their percussion was largely the same, acting, in Wen's metaphor, "like a musical lingua franca."
而綜觀大陸各地劇種，雖然因為語言音韻不同，唱腔旋律會有變化，用來伴奏的鑼鼓卻大同小異，「好比是『音樂的普通話』」，她比喻說。