Perhaps the old masters were good at idol carving while most of the students depended on carving Buddhist images and Buddhist utensils for a living. In Neihu there's a factory which makes wooden fish, a percussion instrument made of a hollow wooden block, originally used by Buddhist priests to beat rhythm when chanting scriptures.
或許是老師傅擅長神像雕刻吧，大部分弟子都「主修」佛像佛具，並以此維生。