Then large amounts of video tapes were smuggled in. With increased relations between the mainland China and Taiwan, performing troupes from the mainland have been coming to Taiwan in waves; those from Beijing, Shanghai and Hubei have all made there presence known here. Thus, Taiwan's audiences have become pampered, their standards rising higher and higher.
至於彼岸的京劇，一開始是在這裡的廣播電台偷偷播放，隨後大量錄影帶偷渡進口，等到兩岸開放後，大陸團體一波波到台灣公演，北京、上海、湖北的京劇團爭奇鬥豔，觀眾的口味就這麼越吊越高了。