After all, wasn't it just a century ago when "gezai Chu" was sitting on a bench under a big tree in the town of Yuanshan and chatting with a few friends as he pulled his bow over the strings and sang out the first notes of gezai xi?
百年以前，在宜蘭員山的大樹下，椅條上歌仔助拉著弦仔，和三五鄉親唱出歌仔戲的第一聲，不也就是這般光景。