For many years now, he has visited elderly people all over Penghu, and even gone six times to fishing villages in southern Fujian in mainland China, recording more than 100 audio tapes on the construction details, customs, and taboos of old fishing boats.
多年來，韋慶陽遍訪澎湖耆老，還到過大陸閩南沿海六趟，錄下一百多卷錄音帶，尋訪古船的製作細節與禁忌、風俗。