Chiu Chin-pao explains that the exodus of youth from Matsu is very serious. Moreover, the fact that children aren't learning the Fuzhou dialect these days is putting the traditional local culture under even more pressure.
馬祖縣立文化中心主任邱金寶也表示，馬祖年輕人口外流嚴重，加上現在小孩多已不太能說方言福州話，傳統的傳承也十分迫切。