Comparing Gannan Tibetan Opera with traditional Tibetan Opera, it is different in script, repertoire, performance, accompaniment, and even performance venue, forming its own unique style. The actors in Gannan Tibetan Opera do not wear masks, but make-up, except for those wearing masks for the roles of gods and monsters. Their costumes and props are novel and chic, which is one of the differences between Gannan Tibetan Opera and Tibetan Opera, the traditional "masked song and dance art"; Gannan Tibetan Opera performances are usually divided into three parts: the opening scene, the main drama, and the closing ceremony. The performance of Gannan Tibetan opera usually consists of three parts: the opening scene, the main scene and the closing ceremony. In order to coherently organize the plot, there is a special "narrator" in the play, who carries on the performance with rhyming chants. Before the actors come on stage, they are accompanied by flutes, yangqin, longtouqin, sihu, wipes, drums and other instruments. After the actors appear on the stage, there is no accompaniment, and the changes in the plot of the actors express the feelings and inner world of the characters in the play in a delicate way. The performances of Gannan Tibetan Opera are mostly performed on the stage, which is another difference from the traditional "square play", Tibetan Opera in Tibet. The singing of Gannan Tibetan Opera is in the form of rap, generally adopting the form of "Lianzhu Rhyming White" plus chanting, and some plays also have the rap form of chanting plus "Worshiping the Song Day", with delicate performances, clear rhymes and white rhymes, colorful drawings and colors, and the singing voice is sometimes high-pitched and clear, and sometimes low and sad. The repertoire of Gannan Tibetan Opera is mainly adapted from folk stories, Buddhist scripture stories, historical stories and classical novels, which has the characteristics of complete story, plot twists and turns, clear veins, rich associations, vivid metaphors, simple language, etc., as well as strong romanticism and deep artistic infectivity, and it is the popular local ethnic opera of Gannan Tibetan people.