In fact, this was clear as early as around 1920, when some in the theatrical community began to innovate by composing many new historical dramas and fusing three-part tea-picking opera with luantan and siping opera.
基於以上的種種原因，採茶戲經過「改良」，不僅加入許許多多歷史故事，也與亂彈、四平融合、交流，大約在民國十年左右，發展出所謂的改良戲，也就是所謂的「客家大戲」。