And the century of music since the Treaty of Shimonoseki is especially worth considering: The treaty drew a line across the Taiwan Strait and consequently music developed in different directions on the two sides as Taiwan passed through the Japanese occupation period.
更何況馬關條約之後的一百年，海峽兩岸形成隔離狀況，各自發展不同的音樂型態，而台灣經過日據、迄於光復至今政治社會等的影響，呈現多元的音樂風格，特別值得提出來討論。