Working together with county culture centers throughout much of Taiwan, he has trained many people to take part in these surveys, and scholars with an interest in Taiwan's oral histories have now published over 70 books. Groups in Taitung, Ilan, Taipei, Miaoli, Taichung, Chiayi, Yunlin, and even Penghu and Kinmen have completed large and systematic surveys of local oral traditions.
最早開始的是胡萬川，他與文化中心結合，訓練地方文史工作者。而今，關心民間文學的學者們，也在台灣陸續整理出七十多本書，在台東、宜蘭、台北、苗栗、台中縣市、嘉義縣市、雲林縣，甚至澎湖、金門，都已經有系統、大規模地整理地方上的民間文學和訪問說故事的耆老。