Bitter lotus heart, sweet sugar cane: Chen Ming-chang's "Bamboo Pole Poetry" was inspired by his 70-year-old nankuan teacher Chinshi, who is pained that because he can't read lyrics or music, his legacy will be lost when he dies.
蓮心的苦，甘蔗的甜陳明章的「竹枝詞」，是他向七十歲的南管師父金枝師學藝時得來的靈感。他得知師父因本身不識字不識譜，深怕過世後，技藝失傳而悵然，感慨而作。