Wherever the Minnan dialect (southern Fujianese) is spoken, Taiwanese Opera is performed. Don't let the name fool you, however; the art form is not limited to Taiwan. Its peripatetic practitioners also ramble from stage to stage in places as far away as southern Fujian Province and Southeast Asia.
講閩南語的地方就有歌仔戲的演出，歌仔戲藝人，以戲臺為家，戲箱為船，在台灣、閩南、東南亞四海漂泊。