The atmosphere at performances is quite formal, and most nanguan performers in Taiwan are gentlemanly sorts who would not think of appearing in anything but their "Sunday best," be it a suit and tie or a full-length Chinese tunic.
在台灣大多是仕紳階級才能成為南管人，到了今天，演出的老先生們即使都已自工作場上退休，然而演出時不是西裝筆挺，就是長袍馬掛，十分隆重。