Says Li Ch'ien-lang, consultant to the project, "During the Japanese occupation, several buildings were transplanted, but they lost their original feel & flavor. They threw on new paint and the result is awful."
「日據時代，台灣有過幾次古厝遷建的例子，像目前植物園裡的林業陳列館，就是由中山堂現址遷建過去的台北府府台衙門」，遷建工程顧問李乾朗指出，「但這是一個失敗的例子，遷建之後的建築物已盡失原味，且被漆上不相稱的新漆。