The truth is that as far back as the early years of the Republican era, there were "modern operas" that reflected contemporary social conditions or even directly addressed issues in the news, or else were adaptations of contemporary novels. But the operas that have had the greatest social impact were none other than the "model operas" of the Cultural Revolution.
其實早從民國初年就有反應社會現況的「現代戲」，或把轟動一時的社會新聞搬上舞台，或把當時的暢銷小說改編成戲曲，但是影響深廣的還是非樣板戲莫屬。