Such operas preserve the original form of traditional opera and constitute an important element in the art and the community-building of an immigrant society. In all such immigrant societies, townsfolk associations, temples and opera troupes are bound in a tight triangle of connections.
酬神戲保留著傳統戲曲的原始形式，不但是藝術，也是移民社會用來建構社群的主要元素；在所有的移民社會中，會館、寺廟、戲班總是緊密相連的鐵三角。