"It's all because there aren't enough performers," Chiang laments. There are more than 160 opera troupes on Taiwan at present, and although fewer than 40 really keep up regular performances, "it's not that no one's willing to pay for a performance. It's just that no one can act!"
「這都怪演員太少了」，江清柳指出，目前全台登記有案的歌仔戲團有一百六十多個，但真正經常保持演出狀態的，算算不到四十團，「不是沒人付錢請戲，而是沒演員可演！」