Because it is so simple to make and the materials for it are so readily available, mashuhui is quite inexpensive and well suited for use as an artistic decoration in financially strapped temples in poor areas, where fancy Cochin ceramic would be unaffordable.
此外，糬灰製作方式簡單，材料取得容易，又合乎經濟原則，所以對一個窮地方的窮廟宇來說，它已提供了起碼可以滿足美術裝飾的可能了。