At the mention of child monks, most Taiwanese think of the Japanese cartoon character Ikkyu-san, who is wise beyond his years, and the many film characters played by Shih Hsiao-lung, who are always expert martial artists.
提起小沙彌，一般人的印象多來自日本卡通──一休和尚，或電影裡的釋小龍，不是聰明靈慧，就是功夫了得。