He explains that tattooed faces in Hsiulin are disappearing rapidly. In 1993, records at the Hsiulin Township Office indicated that there were still 82 elderly people with tattoos. In 2003, only nine were left.
他指出，秀林鄉紋面老人凋零的速度極快，民國 82 年，秀林鄉公所調查鄉內還有 82 位紋面老人，到 92 年僅剩 9 位。