After war broke out between China and Japan in 1937, the Kuomintang government banned Taiwanese Opera on the mainland because Taiwan was then under Japanese colonial rule. Some Taiwanese Opera performers were even branded as traitors and thrown in prison.
一九三七年中日戰爭爆發，來自日本殖民地台灣的歌仔調，在福建地區被國民黨以「亡國調」為由而禁唱，一些演員還被指為漢奸下獄。