As ke-tsai-hsi offered the animated, exciting, entertainment of Peking Opera, in a form more readily accessible to less educated audiences, the opera became very popular throughout Taiwan.
歌仔戲深受平劇影響，武戲十分熱鬧，加上詞曲通俗易懂，很快就成為早期台灣民間的重要娛樂。每當婚喪喜慶、迎神賽會、農暇豐收時，人們總會請戲班搭棚演出。