The dramatic rise in popularity of native religion was in fact not fanned into flames overnight by Taiwanese pilgrims. "And that's not all; we know that the more you repress religion, the more the demand for it increases. Once people are given freedom, it flares up big and bright," observes Lee Fong-mao.
它的熱潮並非來自台灣香客一朝一夕地炒作，「更何況我們知道，宗教這東西，是越壓抑就越要求出路，一旦開放了，就更大更亮」，李豐楙指出。