Temple Earnings not a Living Wage: With competition from modern entertainment, the number of traditional drama troupes has dropped sharply. According to ROC Folk Arts Foundation Executive Secretary Chao Su-ying, "Pressure of reduced fees has meant a lower quality of performance, and this frightens away audiences, leading to a vicious circle; many troupes are just a hollow shell and will fold up once the old actors are gone."
在新興娛樂競爭下，傳統戲團數量銳減，中華民俗藝術基金會執行秘書趙素瑩分析，「在削減戲金的壓力下，只好降低戲曲表演的品質，這樣卻又嚇走觀眾，造成惡性循環；不少劇團早已名存實亡，等著老演員凋去便收山。」