Yu Jie, deputy general manager of the Ningbo opera company, noted that Snail Girl is a household folktale in the eastern Zhejiang province.

"It has been very popular among the locals since the 1970s. The reason why the company brought the story to Jeju is that Koreans are also familiar with it that will narrow the cultural distance between the two nations," said Yu.

The troupe translated the story into both Japanese and Korean to give the audience a better understanding of the opera better.