Ancient Art, Modern Spark As far as young ethnic Chinese in Southeast Asia are concerned, nanguan music is for the old folks. Because it is often played at funerals, they jokingly refer to it as graveyard music.
對於東南亞新一代的華人子弟而言，南管音樂是老人家的專利，加上經常出現在喪葬場合上，因而被年輕人笑稱為「隰厝」音樂。