To satisfy people's hunger for this reminiscence of the past, Ho Cheng-kuang, publisher of a Taipei art magazine, flew to Japan both to collect Chinese clay figurines and to take a number of graphic pictures there. He published the pictures in a book with the intent of stirring a revival of the ancient art.
任職於故宮博物院科技室的宋龍飛先生，曾經花費許多時間研究這種鄉土泥偶。他表示，這種鄉土藝術不僅看來拙樸、有趣，而且想像力豐富，與當代的民間生活充分結合。