In the early days of the Japanese occupation period, Peking opera troupes from Fuzhou and Shanghai often came to Taiwan to perform. The highly structured movements, clever moveable scenery, and meticulous make-up and costumes all became object lessons for Taiwanese opera, then still in its early development.
日據初期，上海和福州的京班紛紛來台演出，京劇整齊的武功把子、巧妙的機關佈景，考究的裝扮，都是還在發育期的歌仔戲學習的對象。