In an effort to suppress national spirit, the Japanese government which then occupied Taiwan prohibited the performance of all folk and popular plays. Players were required to dress in Japanese kimonos and to use Japanese music for accompaniment.
但好景不長﹘﹘中日戰爭爆發後，日人佔領台灣，為消弭本省人的民族思想，禁止演出傳統的民間戲曲，除非改穿日式和服，並用日本配樂。