The withdrawal of the ROC from the United Nations and severing of official relations with Japan, along with the establishment of ties between the US and mainland China, stimulated nationalist consciousness in the educated, and helped the trend for on-campus folk song activities.
而退出聯合國、中日斷交、美國與中共建交等事，刺激了知識分子的民族意識，遂蔚成以唱自己的歌為目標的「校園民歌運動」。