The fact remained that these were merely preventive measures--the real solution was an awareness from the public as to the importance and valuable nature of these irreplaceable records of traditional life. Part of the problem lies in the fact that this "folk art" is basically the trove of household goods used by the Chinese on Taiwan up to one hundred years ago.
比起故宮博物院動輒以千年計的文物菁粹、國之重寶，不過百年上下的民俗藝品難免相形見絀，容易為人忽略。「其實這是二種截然不同的趣味」，藝評家莊伯和指出，民藝品的樸素真淳同樣令人著迷。