 After the formation of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, Kouji began to reach new audiences around the globe.Kouji masters such as the above-mentioned Yin Shilin and his disciple Zhou Zhicheng (the creators of such performances as "the powerful army of one million crossing the Yangtze River" and "Coastal Front"), traveled abroad extensively to perform Kouji.Largely by touring with acrobat troupes, performers began to gain Kouji an international reputation as "an amazing oriental art".