Taiwan's climate differs from that of the mainland, and air conditioning is widely used as well. This causes a lot of the furniture that endures the journey across the Taiwan Strait to crack and split.
台灣的氣候與大陸不同，再加上冷氣機的大量使用，也讓許多遠渡海峽來到台灣的古董傢具「水土不服」，而產生龜裂。