As the southern Fujianese migrated over the past few centuries to Taiwan and southeast Asia, they took nanguan wherever they went, and it has been known by various names, including xianguan, nanyin, and nanyue. Because the god of music is named Mengfu Langjun, nanguan is also known in some places as langjun yue or langjun chang.
隨著閩南移民的腳步，遍及台灣及東南亞等地，又有弦管、南音、南樂等不同名稱，也因為祀奉「孟府郎君」為樂神，又稱為郎君樂或郎君唱。