Once you start investigating Taiwanese folk opera you have to go to Ilan, and once you speak to a few old opera singers in Ilan they will sooner or later direct you to Ch'en Chien-ming.
因為說起歌仔戲，不能不提宜蘭；到了宜蘭則不能錯過最古老的「本地歌仔」，順著老藝人口中，最後總會找到陳健銘。