Yet Sung Chin-hsiou, who originally studied anthropology and who looks at the state of Taiwan's puppetry from a cultural angle, says there are two sides to the coin: "Only by filling the traditional role of exorcising ghosts and making offerings to heaven in traditional culture has Taiwanese puppetry's religious character been able to be so completely preserved!"
不過出身人類學所的宋錦秀從文化角度思考，反倒覺得事有兩面：「我們的傀儡，就是在民間宗教中扮演活生生的傳統出煞、謝天的儀式，才能保存下如此完整的文化性格啊！」