During the performance, the master used the first person, different voices and vocals to play different roles. At most, a master has to choose seven or eight filmmakers by hand to play seven or eight roles and lay out big scenes.
Musicians accompany, dub and sing behind the scenes. Accompaniment instruments are mainly huqin, suona, gongs and drums.
Luoshan shadow play speaks dialogue in local dialect, with distinctive singing features and simple and beautiful tunes. Artists are particularly innovative. In addition to absorbing the vocals of Henan local operas, it also draws lessons from Xinyang folk songs, folk songs and lantern songs.
The local agriculture has three crops in two years, and there are more than five months of winter leisure time in winter and spring. At weddings in winter and spring, the victims all like to engage in entertainment activities, either "Nuo Opera" in the Central Plains, Henan Opera, Quju Opera, or "a suitcase" shadow play.
The aria of Luoshan Shadow Play has a certain formula, among which the aria of Shen Xi is an indispensable prelude: incense in the furnace and flowers in the pool; Flowers bloom one after another, flowers bloom one after another; Let three flowers bloom, may the Lord hold them in his hand; Holding flowers in front of the main hall, God bless the people every month.
It can be seen that the purpose of singing "Shen Xi" is to pray and make a wish, that is, instead of the master, to pray and make a wish to the gods such as "Grandfather Zhao", "Land Lord", "Heavenly Mother" and "God of Wealth", and to pray for good weather and good luck in the coming year.
Singing "Shen Xi" is a major feature of Luoshan Shadow Play. At the same time, the singing of "Shen Xi" was put in front of the original work, which also played a role in attracting the audience to watch the play, so that the audience could listen to the play completely from beginning to end.