Honestly this is so exciting

這真的太興奮了

because we finally get to see their costume, makeup

我們可以看到他們的戲服和化妝

and everything

所有的

Hi hello hello

嗨你好

Hey she's the one I told you about

他就是我跟你說的

makes a living off youtube ( I don't really )

靠youtube吃飯（其實吃不飽）

Hiiii

嗨

So you pasting this wig

所以你在黏這個

I know English

我說英文

Ohhh okayy

哦哦好

She only knows this one line

他只知道這句

Ohhh

哦哦

So you rather have me asked in English?

所以要用英文問你嗎？

Noooo

沒沒有

What made you start practicing Taiwanese Opera?

你一開始怎麼會想學歌仔戲？

My mom is actually the lead actress

我媽媽就是團長

but she didn't push me onto this path

其實他不會強迫我一定要回來學

I just thought that it'd be unfortunate if this

可是我覺得如果這個傳統失傳的話

this culture was lost forever

會很可惜

How long does it take for you to complete this look?

這個化妝要花多少時間？

About an hour, with the hair

大概一個小時，包括梳妝

Do you create a new look every time?

你每次的妝都不一樣嗎？

Yea it depends on the storyline

不一樣啊！像我今天演牛

My role today is the Cattle Fairy

我演一個黃牛精

that's why I have this nose

所以就會把自己畫的很像

to embrace the characteristics of a cattle

半人半牛這樣子

I'd go on the internet

就自己去網路上找

to look for inspirations from native symbols

找一些圖騰一些臉譜

then I incorporate them with

在自己加入

the Taiwanese Opera makeup

歌仔戲妝

Have you had a period when you struggled with

那你以前不會很抗拒這個嗎？

throughout your childhood

小時候

Yea there was a period of time

有一陣子會

when Taiwanese Opera wasn't so popular

歌仔戲沒有那麼興盛的時候

and there was a drop in the number of performances

比較落寞的那一陣子

I didn't want to tell my friends in school

我都不敢在學校說

that my family was running this crew

我家人在演

of Taiwanese Opera

歌仔戲

Hi auntie

嗨阿姨

How are you?

你好

So you came with your friends?

所以你和朋友來？

Yes

對

So do you watch this

所以就是

regularly

你平常

like do you normally watch this?

有在關注歌仔戲嗎？

Oh I love Taiwanese Opera

很喜歡看

And you understand the stories?

那你看得懂嗎？

Of course I do

我們當然懂啊

Oh really?

哦真的

The appreciation of it comes with age

隨著年紀越大越覺得這個好

Oh wow

真的

I've never watched it so I don't really know

我沒有看過所以我不知道

I practice their type of music for voices

我會學他們的唱腔

Oh really?

哦真的

Yea theirs is comparable to the Beijing Opera

他們的唱腔真的不輸給平劇

We want to thank the audience

給我們觀眾朋友

for being here today

回饋你們

and all the support

對我們的支持

Yes?

好不好？

YESSSS

好

So these are actual money stuck onto

所以這是真的錢

the banners

在這布條上

and they are served as bonuses

我想這應該是獎金

for the performers and the artists

給劇團演員的

Taiwanese Opera is actually conducted

歌仔劇其實都是用

solely in Taiwanese

台語在演出

so if you don't understand the dialect

所以如果你聽不懂方言

or the language

或台語

it's actually really hard

是真的很難

for you to understand

了解劇情

what they are singing or playing

他們的對話

( Taiwanese )

（台語）

She's the script writer for our story today

編導才女

Master Xin Mei

心湄老師

Thank you everyone

謝謝大家

Inspired by Shakespeare right?

莎士比亞的對嗎？

I want to take a bow

我給你深深一鞠躬

Thank you so much

謝謝