Attractions unrelated to a festival's theme create an exciting atmosphere, but obscure its cultural value and unique local sensibility. "On top of that, a festival which is a collection of onstage performances becomes a kind of exhibition, and loses its authenticity," Li Ming-tsung says. In the past, festivals brought people together. The audience was just as much part of the festival as the performers-everyone was involved.
「何況，在舞台下觀看表演的節慶，本質上已經變成一種『展演』，失去了節慶的『真實性』，」李明宗解釋，過去的節慶是一種為凝聚全族而演出的「內演」，觀眾本身就是表演者，所有參與者一起投身於節慶之中，禍福相依。