The previous Wu dramas had no sleeves, so the wrist and finger skills were very prominent. Dan Jiao's actions such as opening the door, dressing and plastic surgery pay attention to the trembling of fingers; Jing, Sheng and other characters also attach great importance to the movements of the cloud hand, such as wrist rotation, palm rotation and appearance, which are quite close to Nuo dance and Buddha dance. In addition, when the character takes the stage, the elbow (forearm) is flat, the thumb is inclined, and the other four fingers are close together. When you are domineering, you use your body to rotate, and when you raise the whip to urge the horse, the tip of the whip is always upward, similar to the action of puppet show. At the same time, there are also many stunts in Wu's plays, such as colorful somersaults in the fire, dome lights in rolling lanterns, seventy-two cranes with double beams in a big irrigation tank, red fist dancing forks in a meat faucet, juggling beads in monks and nuns, and "hanging flags" in Pound.
In the characterization, some dramas often understand the characters from the perspective of farmers' life, even the emperors and princes. For example, in Jiuxi Palace, Cheng, who was officially named at the age of nine, secretly ate dates when people celebrated his birthday. Another example is Liu Bei in Sanjieyi, but he is a freeloader and glib.
In the past, when performing, the Wu Drama Club had to order a play first: put on colorful headdresses, cover them with powder, and put on red and green men's clothes (pleats). One of them holds the title of the play, and the other holds a pen, and asks the person in charge of the temple fair to play with it. Before the performance, you must make a scene. This is called "making a scene". Generally, you only use percussion instruments to play all kinds of gongs and drums to make it lively, so as to attract the audience. This is called "making a scene". However, there will be a "Flower Head Platform" in the first performance, in which four pieces of music, mainly played by the great suona, the small suona, the flute and the huqin, are sometimes euphemistic and gentle, and sometimes passionate and magnificent ("Flower Head Platform" music has now become an independent folk percussion suite), and the audience can evaluate the level of the band through the "Flower Head Platform". After the singing of "Toutai", it was followed by "Dancing with the Eight Immortals" (including "Folding the Eight Immortals" and "Chasing the Eight Immortals of Peach", all of which were about gathering with immortals in a flat peach to celebrate the queen mother's birthday), followed by "Dancing with the officials" (commonly known as "dancing with white flour" and "God bless the people") and "Dancing with the stars". At the opening ceremony of the first stage, Huizhou class will perform "Hundred Days of Life" (full of beds, playing golden branches), and Luantan class will perform "Nine Tin Palace". Playing these two plays, one is to take a chance; The second is to brighten the outfit; Third, the performance level of the class club can be reflected because of its comprehensive performance in the play and equal emphasis on singing and doing. The person in charge of the temple fair also decides the drama code and performance duration, and the audience chooses which drama to watch accordingly. After the opening performance, the second stage will be "lively". Generally, Qupai is played with a big suona, accompanied by gongs and drums, which are relatively short, so that the actors and the audience can have a rest. Then the drama begins, which is called "the original". After the original work is finished, we have to add a little drama, such as "Dumb Back Crazy", "Scolding Chicken" and "Celebrating the New Year in Wang Xiaoer". It takes more than four or five hours to search a scene from the opening to the later stage.