When the participants boarded the ferry and completed the short hop to Xiamen, it constituted the first cultural exchange between Kinmen and the PRC under the newly established "three mini-links." It was very gratifying to see the artistic occasion carried off without the slightest hint of political overtones.
這次與會的原班人馬，便自金門啟程，乘坐渡輪前往廈門，完成兩岸首度「文化小三通」，憑添一樁完全不見政治角力的藝術佳話。