This showed that the government is out of touch with the people's sentiments and needs to face up to its shortcomings. At 8 o'clock on the night of September 21, the Nantou County government held a six-hour "Prayer and Peace" vigil. Entertainers included Tseng Kuo-cheng, Chia Yung-chieh, and A Ya, and a song-and-dance troop even came from Zhejiang Province on the mainland especially for this event.
南投縣政府於九月二十日晚上八時起，舉辦長達六小時的「平安祈福、為台灣守夜」晚會，藝人曾國城、賈永婕、阿雅等，和特地從大陸來的浙江歌舞團表演歌舞，以熱鬧的活動期許民眾跨越傷痛。