Just prior to the Communist takeover, the Duma Taiwanese Opera Troupe of Xiamen had traveled to Taiwan with the intention of performing around the island and returning to Xiamen the next July.
淪陷前，廈門的都馬歌仔戲班東渡台灣演出，原擬在台灣巡迴到次年七月折回閩南，沒想到幾個月後，台海永隔，留在台灣。