Nowadays, numerous wood sculpture shops line Chungcheng Road, the main thoroughfare in Sanyi village, and more than 50 percent of the local inhabitants are engaged in the business.
學習木刻技術的人愈來愈多，從事木刻行業的人也愈來愈多，木刻品逐漸打入東南亞和歐美的市場，提高了三義鄉的名聲，富裕了三義鄉的鄉民。到處都是木頭在三義鄉縱貫線的中正路兩旁，藝品館林立，有百分之五十以上的居民以經營雕刻業為生。