An intriguing case in point is the private opera school in Lutang Village, Tongan County, Xiamen Municipality. It all started with a father and son tilling the fields side by side, the elder teaching his offspring one line of operatic verse after another. Things grew naturally from there. The family now runs an opera school and four troupes.
福建省廈門市同安區就出了個呂塘民間戲校，一個農村家族，從犁田教唱開始，成立了戲校並培養出四個劇團，儼然就是台灣明華園歌仔戲團的翻版。