Just back from a trip to the mainland to visit his relatives, Wang Chen-hua, an associate professor of architecture at Chungyuan Christian University, describes the condition of many old buildings there: "If they aren't fallen down completely then they're a mess inside."
穿過花木幽深的禪房，他邁上大殿石級，卻驚見空盪盪的寶殿裡不但沒有十丈高佛的蹤影，卻成了生意清淡的茶座。甫由大陸探親歸來的中原大學建築系副教授王鎮華形容當地許多古建築「不是零落殘存，就是空間錯用」。