Tseng Hsien-pin, general secretary of the temple's management committee, points out that the people of the area look to Kuanyin for propitious days for planning important events such as weddings and funerals. Unmanageable or poorly behaved children are brought to Kanchuan Temple where the Bodhisattva Kuanyin is made their "godmother."
石觀音甘泉寺管理委員會總幹事曾獻斌指出，觀音人舉凡婚喪喜慶看日子，都要來問觀音；孩子不乖、不好養，帶到甘泉寺認觀音菩薩當乾媽，迄今觀音菩薩已有上萬名「乾兒子」。