A representative figure of fish carving

The earlier singing method of Yu Diao is called Lao Yu Diao, and the representative figures are Yu Xiaoyun and Yu of Suzhou Pingtan Troupe. His representative works include Zhu Mei and Nostalgia. Zhu Jiesheng and Zhu Jiesheng of Shanghai People's Pingtan Group (now Shanghai Pingtan Group) have developed and innovated their singing styles on the basis of "primitive" and "in tune". The masterpiece "Sigh of Qingyun". The singing method of "old in tune" handed down from generation to generation also includes San Xiao, a long tune and Du Qiong, a selected song; Tanci begins with "hate the east wind" and "open the northeast" (also known as "open Manchuria").

Because there were many actors performing Tanci in the early days, most of the early "jade carvings" were men. Compared with the female voice "Jade Carving", the male voice "Jade Carving" has a larger range. Representative figures are Zhong, Jiang Ruting, Huang, Yang Xingcha and Yang Yuecha.

Xue Xiaoqing, the founder of Suzhou Tanci aria "Snow Tune", once combined his genre aria "Snow Tune" into "Rain Tune" and called it Rain and Snow.