According to a survey by the statistics department of the Ministry of the Interior, the temples for which records are kept held a total of more than 5,000 activities in the twelve months between May 1990 to April 1991--an average of more than 40 a day.
根據內政部統計處調查，台灣地區登記有案的寺廟，在民國七十九年五月到八十年四月一年間，共有一萬五千多次活動；平均下來，一天即有四十餘起。