"When the sky lanterns themselves only account for 5 % of an NT $ 6 million budget, I think the organizers are leaning in the wrong direction," says Hu Min-shih. Adding singing and dancing may make the celebration more festive, but Hu wishes that the responsible county agencies would spend more on the actual construction and release of sky lanterns, since they are after all the true leading lights of the festival.
「一年六百萬的經費，放天燈花不到百分之五，我覺得主辦單位有一點搞錯方向了，」胡民樹認為，安靜的天燈節加上勁歌熱舞是比較熱鬧，但是希望主辦的縣府能花更多的經費在天燈的製作與施放上，畢竟那才是天燈節的主角。