At the exhibition, many country people could be seen touching the carving reverently, and telling their grandchildren: "This is just how we strived to make a living when we were young."
阿公阿婆用布滿厚繭的粗糙手指撫觸著它剝離深凹的線條，跟身旁的兒孫說：「知道嗎？那時陣我們就是這般拚命的努力過活的呀！」他不但刻出了他個人生活的「根」（他曾是貧苦的鄉村牧童），也刻出了廣大台灣農村生活的「根」。