Its creativity and competitiveness are practically gone. "In Taiwan, by contrast, gezai xi remains a hardy survivor, and can now be seen on outdoor stages, in theaters, and on TV. Its tunes are even incorporated into pop songs and used at small theaters and in TV variety shows.
不像台灣的歌仔戲生命力旺盛，橫跨野台、劇場、電視多種表演場域，甚至連小劇場、流行歌曲、綜藝節目都喜歡將歌仔戲曲調加以運用。