In Sun Ta-chuan's view, there is nothing wrong with the Puyuma using straw monkeys in place of living ones. "What's important is the meaning contained within the ceremony."
在孫大川看來，卑南族猴祭由草猴代之以活生生的台灣獼猴並無妨，「重要的是儀式行為裡的內涵。」