Nanguan has been a vital part of the music scene in southern Fujian, Taiwan, and southeast Asia for several Centuries now. Today's rapidly changing society is testing the adaptability of nanguan communities everywhere. In southeast Asia they are composing new works and pushing for a switch to simplified scores. In the mainland the trend is toward a more ebullient stage manner and more instruments.
幾百年來，由閩南開枝散葉到台灣、東南亞的南管人，面臨新時代的考驗，東南亞努力譯簡譜、作新曲；大陸則時興曲藝化、大合奏；台灣則是堅持傳統神韻，加上現代包裝。