This year the Chiangs paid out NT $ 4.8 million (about US $ 120,000), which their clan leader considers "rather economical" when compared with the Lins 'NT $ 5.8 million of last year.
對宗親而言，要辦好活動，以金錢的來源令人最感頭疼。年年提昇的活動經費，使得江姓宗親們在三年前即著手進行募款事宜。今年所花的四百八十萬經費，泰半來自宗親的樂捐，比起去年林姓所花費的五百八十萬，總幹事江春源認為，「已經是相當節約了！」