Now, after four years 'hard work, the National Center for Traditional Arts has collected over 3000 old photos of performers from the 1970s and earlier, and published the 500 best as a book, finally giving people a glimpse of the splendor of the Taiwanese operas of past generations.
如今，國立傳統藝術中心委託台大戲劇系教授林鶴宜與政大中文系教授蔡欣欣進行「歌仔戲照片收集整理計畫」，經過四年的努力，以活躍於民國六十年代之前的演員為主，總共蒐集到三千多張的老照片，再精選其中五百張出書，人們終於可以一窺歌仔戲過去的繁華。