In those days popular drama not just in Ilan but all over Taiwan was almost completely dominated by the ssu-p'ing and luan-t'an styles of Peikuan music.
鄉野唱出「地瓜戲」在當時，不只是宜蘭，台灣地區的流行戲曲，幾乎都是北管系統的四平戲和亂彈戲的天下。