Beard skills are body techniques too. The actor can manipulate his beard in many ways -- including pushing, pulling, holding up, spreading, tearing, throwing, shaking, circling, and blowing -- to express a variety of feelings. Some of these actions are done at the same time. All these techniques are required to match the dance movements in order to correctly express the feelings of the character.
Cap wing skills involve manipulating the wings of the gauze cap. With the neck as the axis, the actor moves the wings of the cap up and down, twirls them, or moves them to the left or right, or from the front to the back. Sometimes, he makes just one of the wings move. The actor makes them move or stop moving to indicate contradictory feelings, hesitation, or sudden joy, and so on.
Hair swinging skills are techniques for a male role. Swinging the hair is a special movement to express the abnormal feelings of the character or other situation the character is in, such as fear, sadness, hatred, running away, or agony or peacefulness amidst death throes. The techniques include swinging, circling, twisting, and spreading over the face or up in the air.
Sleeve skills are the lavish, dance-like movements made with flowing sleeves. There are dozens of movements, likened to clouds, flowing water, cotton fields, waves, wheels, and towers. Sleeves whirled in a wheel-like or flying movement exaggerate the feelings of characters. Holding up, spreading, throwing, shaking, and flicking are favorite movements.
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