Sung Ying was very interested in caihui, so he recruited several apprentices and began painting these ceremonial arches. His work also graced such buildings as the pavilions at the rear of the Grand Hotel, the Magnolia Hotel, the National Museum of History, and even the Confucian Temple in Tainan.
對彩繪十分有興趣的宋膺也就找了幾個學徒，開始接攬這些節慶牌樓的生意，還有當時的圓山飯店後廳、中泰賓館、歷史博物館，甚至台南孔廟的彩繪工作都是他們的傑作。