There is a special form of musical/dramatic performance koa-á-hì: the Taiwanese opera; the subject matter is usually a historical event.

This often occurred at the expense of traditional Taiwanese opera.

Taiwanese opera was later exported to other Min Nan-speaking areas.

Later, as Taiwanese opera began to incorporate more styles from other major operas, it gradually expanded to include eight major characters.

In Taiwanese opera there are four subtypes in dan roles.

Sometimes a chair in Taiwanese opera stands for a fence or a bridge.

The most important in Taiwanese opera is the music for voices.

The use of a wide range of traditional musical instruments in Taiwanese opera.

This was mainly because popular songs at the time differed slightly from traditional music like folk songs and Taiwanese opera.

The combination between stage play and Taiwanese opera is another innovation of modern theatre in Taiwan.