After becoming a tourist attraction, the Blasting Handan festival is still a Taitung tradition, but it is different from religious events such as the Mazu Festival and the Ship-Burning Festival in that it does not stress divine protection-participants get by on pure willpower and bravery. Stepping up onto the palanquin means stepping out of social norms.
然而觀光化之後，炸寒單雖仍是台東重要的民俗傳統之一，卻和媽祖遶境、燒王船等宗教活動不同，它不強調神明護持或神威顯赫，，憑藉的只是意志和勇氣。