福建地处东南沿海,海外乡亲人数众多。为了满足海外乡亲的精神文化需要,福建戏曲从明清时期开始就不断出访海外。一从现存的记载来看,明万历年间已有福建戏班赴东南亚一带演出。明万历年间,姚旅在《露书》卷九《风篇中》记载了福建戏曲在琉球国的演出:"琉球国居常所演戏文,则闽子弟为 Fujian is located in the southeast coast, a large number of overseas folks. In order to meet the spiritual and cultural needs of overseas folks, Fujian opera has been visiting overseas since the Ming and Qing Dynasties. A From the existing records of view, the Ming Wanli Fujian troupe has been to Southeast Asia during the performance. In the Ming Dynasty, Yao brigade recorded the performance of Fujian opera in the Ryukyu Kingdom in Volume Nine of the Book of Lu: volume nine,