There's simply no way for these songs to gain much of a following in the modern life of today. Now, you've got to go to Ilan, the center of ketzai theater (Taiwanese opera) or to the parks of such towns as Luotung or Taoyuan, where the genre once thrived.
但這畢竟只是曇花一現，無法落實在現實生活中。現在，只有在歌仔戲大本營的宜蘭，和昔時唱歌風氣鼎盛的羅東、桃園等地的公園內，還聚有一些髮稀視茫的老阿公、老阿媽一起唱歌仔。