Li Feng-mao, researcher at the Academia Sinica's Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy, feels that what makes this occasion different from most other temple feasts is that it brings a whole community together to "share the good fortune," having jointly completed their rituals of prayer and received blessing from the gods.
中研院文哲所研究員李豐楙認為，這樣的辦桌宴飲與一般的吃喝並不相同，這是社群在共同的祈求圓滿之後，得到神的保證，一同宴遊分食，因此叫「分福」或「吃福」。