貽順哥，俗稱貽順板， 是閩劇中最廣為人知的丑角。在福州十邑可謂無人不知， 無人不曉。馬貽順與甘國寶可以說是閩劇中最知名的正反派的代表人物， 也是老一輩福州人在沒有電視時代最津津樂道的人物。在福州由於馬貽順一毛不拔的舞台形象， 貽順板成為吝嗇的代名詞。
《貽順哥燭蒂》是劇作家鄧超塵於1962年根據民間故事編寫的九場方言諷刺喜劇。其風格樂而不淫，諧中寓莊，繼承了中國古典喜劇的審美品格。上世紀五十年代初，由閩班四賽樂搬演，名醜林務夏飾演貽順哥，轟動福州城。
。 《貽順哥燭蒂》的故事發生在清道光年間，五口通商的福州港。年關將至，船工陳春生被逼出海，途遇海難，傳言貨人無一倖存。馬貽順是福州南台（現為台江區）義洲地區一家絲線店老闆，年近四十，仍未娶妻。馬貽順早羨春生妻林春香的美貌與賢惠，在得知春生罹難之後，乘其家貧，暗中放高利貸謀娶春香。婚夜，春香自殺未逐，無奈之下，與貽順約法三章，若春生生還乃返陳家。貽順假裝應允。十年之後，春香與馬貽順已生得兩子。被流放到南洋當豬仔（苦力）的春生受人資助回到福州，得知春香改嫁原委，深感其孝，願出重金贖回春香。貽順不肯覆約，於是春生控於海防分府。此時春香因前夫有恨，後夫有義，左右為難。海防分府王紹蘭命春香裝死，智斷此案，馬貽順終因吝嗇失去賢內助，僅得到一截無用的燭蒂。該劇搬演之後貽順哥燭蒂成為福州話中吝嗇鬼、奸狡利、十絕哥的代名詞。 《貽順哥燭蒂》也被稱為中國的《吝嗇鬼》。
Min opera (traditional: 閩劇; simplified: 闽剧; Pinyin: Mǐn jù; Foochow Romanized: Mìng-kiŏk; POJ: Ban-kiok), also called Fuzhou drama (Chinese: 福州戲; Pinyin: Fúzhōu xì; Foochow Romanized: Hók-ciŭ-hié; POJ: Hok-chiu-hi), is one of the major traditional opera forms in Fujian Province. It enjoys a good popularity in Fuzhou, Middle Fujian, East Fujian and North Fujian where Fuzhou dialect is spoken, as well as in Taiwan and Malay Archipelago. Having been evolving for 300 years, Min opera became fixed in the early 20th century.
A variety of Min opera called Beilu opera (also called Luantan), is popular in the Min Dong region of Shouning County, near Zhejiang.
Although the Fuzhou dialect officially defined as a dialect, but from the linguistic definition, the Fuzhou dialect with the standard Chinese language differences are different, and even can not be said of other branches of Min people to understand. In this sense, the Fuzhou dialect is a language rather than dialect.
Fuzhou dialect main passage in the People's Republic of southeastern Fujian Province Min River middle and lower reaches (including its tributaries dazhang Gutianxi Creek and River Basin) to the estuary area, covering 11 counties and cities are Fuzhou, Minhou, Wing Thailand, Minqing, Changle, Luoyuan, Lianjiang, Fuqing, Pingtan, Pingnan and Gutian, overseas Chinese organizations have said Fuzhou Fuzhou ten ap Association.
With the Fuzhou people to overseas migrants, Fuzhou dialect has also spread to Southeast Asia, Japan and the United States and other places in the Chinese community has become quite influential in overseas Chinese.
Native speakers also call it Bàng-uâ (平話), meaning the language spoken in everyday life, even in Malaysia.
eg.- Setaiwan, Kuala Lumpur and Sarawak.
Spoken in: People's Republic of China (Fuzhou and its surrounding counties); Republic of China (Matsu Islands); Malaysia (Sibu, Miri, Sarikei, Bintulu, Yong Peng, Sitiawan and Ayer Tawar); Indonesia; Singapore; and some Chinese communities in Southeast Asia and the west, particularly in the Chinatowns of New York and London .
Centered in Fuzhou City, Fuzhou dialect mainly covers eleven cities and counties, viz.: Fuzhou (福州), Pingnan (屏南), Gutian (古田), Luoyuan (羅源), Minqing (閩清), Lianjiang (連江, Matsu included), Minhou (閩侯), Changle (長樂), Yongtai (永泰), Fuqing (福清) and Pingtan (平潭). Fuzhou dialect is also the second local language in northern and middle Fujian cities and counties, like Nanping (南平), Shaowu (邵武), Shunchang (順昌), Sanming (三明) and Youxi (尤溪).