Once the nations of Southeast Asia normalized their relations with the PRC, there were splits in the nanguan community over differences on the China / Taiwan issue, and nanguan began to go into decline in the Philippines.
只可惜這海內共知音的盛會，在東南亞國家陸續與大陸建交後，為了一中一台的問題，意見不和而在八三年停辦，菲律賓南音界也因分離而逐漸沒落。