With an air of regret, Hung relates that during Japanese rule anyone caught instigating a melee at a temple fair would be put in custody, which for repeat offenders meant incarceration for 29 days. After the Nationalists took over Taiwan after WWII and declared martial law, lion troupes invited to perform outside the Presidential Palace were not allowed to carry weapons, and any found would be confiscated.
洪來旺語帶感慨地表示，日治時期，若在廟會活動中滋事，會被拘役，如果是累犯，會被判最重的「拘役 29 天」；國府來台後施行戒嚴，台灣獅陣受邀到總統府前表演，主辦單位卻基於安全原則，強制規定不准攜帶兵器，違者一律沒收。