In 1961 plastic buckets were introduced to Taiwan, and soon afterwards, everyone was using rice cookers and washing machines.
塑膠用品以機器大量製造，成本低，價格便宜，使用輕便；而木桶用手工製作，費時費力，笨重且售價比塑膠產品高出數倍，加上科技的進步及生活水準的提高，國人煮飯用電鍋、洗衣用洗衣機、洗澡用陶瓷浴盆……，木桶在市場上可說完全不具競爭力了。