The Liao Chiung-chih Taiwanese Opera Foundation for Culture and Education was established in 1999 by Ms. Liao Chiung-chih who has spared no effort for the preservation of the country’s folk art. With its objectives of “preserving the performance art of Taiwanese Opera, promoting Taiwanese Opera, cultivating talented actors for Taiwanese Opera, as well as raising the artistic standards of Taiwanese Opera”, the foundation sponsors a wide range of projects commissioned by various cultural institutions both inside and outside the country in order to preserve and promote Taiwanese Opera. One of the projects, the “Project of Recording and Preserving Taiwanese Opera by Liao Chiung-chih”, was commissioned by the National Center for Traditional Arts and has preserved five classic operatic works, including Chen San and Wu-niang, Wang Kuei’s Betrayal of Guei-Ying(The opera was composed by Ms. Liao Chiung-chih, Artistic Director of the Shintrun Taiwanese Opera Troupe that performs the opera.), Shan-bo and Ying-tai, The Story of Shi-xi, and Wang Bao-chuan, as well as an old opera full of off-stage devices, The Burning of Red Lotus Temple.