After Typhoon Toraji hit Taiwan in 2001, Chen just happened to be in Nantou County to take part in a temple festival organized by the City God Temple in Chushan. There he saw a lot of people making temporary homes in the temple, and asked temple chairman Liu what the problem was.
二○○一年桃芝風災時，陳玉峰剛巧到南投竹山參加當地城隍廟的迎神賽會，看到許多民眾住在廟裡，就問廟方管理人劉主委怎麼回事？