The late musicologist Xu Changhui once explained the flowering of Taiwanese songs in the 1930s as a combination of several factors. Musically, there were contributions from artists deeply rooted in folk culture, musicians from Western church groups, and scholars versed in various Western schools. In terms of lyrics, participants included people active in the New Literature Movement.
已故的音樂學者許常惠曾表示，當時的閩南語歌曲創作者，有功力深厚的民間藝人，也有西方教會系統的音樂家，還有許多學院派的西洋音樂學者加入，作詞方面則有當時「新文學運動」的活躍份子參與，讓 1930 年代的閩南語創作歌謠繁花盛開。