In an article published online, Ulung Lupiliyan wrote: "The young men there also told me that every day the whole community would have dinner together by candlelight. Also, it was very quiet because not a single car passed on the provincial highway between the South Taimali Bridge and Jinlun Village. The starry skies were beautiful, and they even watched a meteor shower all together.
利錦鴻在「小地方新聞網」的文章中寫到：「哥哥們還說，部落的大家每天一起燭光晚餐，台九線南太麻里橋以南到金崙村以北的路段完全沒有車輛經過，星空很美，大家還一起看了場流星雨。