Both were big in Taiwan, but from that time forward, due to the cutoff of cross-strait contacts, the gezai xi of Taiwan's private troupes and the Xiang Opera performed by the state-run troupes of Fujian gradually diverged.
然而，自此以後，隨著兩岸的阻絕，在台灣民間自任發展演變的歌仔戲，與大陸政府主導扶持的薌劇漸行漸遠。