In addition to banning "bad opera," the authorities promoted the creation of contemporary works with edifying content. Among the countless examples are "Elegy of the Emerald Waters" (about someone who dams a river to fight the effects of a drought), "Tears of Taiwan" (about the 228 Incident), "The People's Militia of Fish Island," and "Expelling the Dutch."
在禁止「壞戲」的同時，創作富有「教育」意義的現代戲，包括堵江引水抗災的《碧水贊》，講述二二八事件的《台民淚》，《魚島民兵》、《逐荷夷》等，難以勝數。