Eventually people strung together some of the popular songs existing in the countryside, blending them in with plots from vernacular fiction and song-texts and inserting a few charming stage steps and movements derived from ch'e-ku and ts'ai-ch'a drama. The result was a new type of folk drama with a strong element of local color and the main emphasis on singing.
這時存在鄉野間對唱的「歌仔」，便在有心人整理下，揉合了坊間通俗故事唱本的情節，穿插車鼓戲、採茶戲中諧趣的台步動作，終於發展出了以歌唱為主，深具地方特色的新劇種。