Chen holds that Pinghsi Rural Township, without any kind of community organization or rules, is unprepared for the scale of its Sky Lantern Festival. It is powerless to stop people coming from the outside to open up stalls. And apart from not offering any special local delicacies, the restaurants and food stalls simply offer poor quality food.
所謂的準備，針對平溪天燈節，陳板認為，平溪鄉還沒有社區組織與規章，對於外來攤販的規範目前束手無策，當地提供的餐飲品質仍十分粗糙，談不上地方特色。