People in the countryside being more enthusiastic than in the cities, it wasn't long before the stage and puppet theater forms from Chuanchow and the "Monkey Theater" type native to Changchow were all affected and declined in popularity. Some companies thus switched over to performing ko-tzai-hsi.
農村比城市更熱情，不久，由泉州流入的「小梨園」、高甲戲、布袋戲及漳州本身的「猴戲」，都大受影響而蕭條，有些因而改演歌仔戲。