These days, outdoor performances serve only to "celebrate the gods" --they signally fail to entertain the people. And no matter how much scholars may extol the virtues of Taiwanese opera, they cannot win back its former domain.
時到今天，野台戲幾乎已經只剩「酬神」的功能，即使學者們再大力呼籲、關心或護航，也挽不回它失去的半壁江山。