Some years later, in the 1960s, the song became wildly popular after it was sung in a television drama. The performer was Kuo Chin-fa, a singer with a wide vocal range. W. earing a conical peasant hat, pushing a bicycle, and carrying a string of hot steamed rice dumplings, he had an unmistakably "Taiwanese" air about him.
六○年代，由音域寬廣，深具鄉土氣息的歌星郭金發，戴著斗笠，推著腳踏車，提著一串肉粽，在電視節目出現，這首歌才火紅了起來，也成了郭金發的招牌曲。