A craze for the romances of Chiung Yao, the poetry of Hsi Mu-jung and the martial arts novels of Ku Lung and Chin Yung got started in 1987, when mainland visits were legalized, and is still going strong.
一九八七年開放探親前後，出現的瓊瑤、席慕蓉作品熱，及古龍、金庸武俠小說旋風，至今如火燎原。