At the end of the Ching dynasty, Lin Wen-teng, a string instrument player, began to teach apprentice actors northern Chinese music, which ﹘ mixed with native Taiwan tunes and village songs ﹘ developed into ke-tsai-hsi.
但在近代台灣民間戲曲發展上，卻是個重要的據點。尤其在清道光年間，琴師林文登在此設館授徒，教習北管，流行一時。而後才能結合民謠、山歌與其他戲曲，孕育出極具台灣地方色彩的歌仔戲。