The exhibition reminded author Hsia Yuen-yu, whose grandfather was a Ching official, that when he was a child his family had several strings of court beads, but no one knew what they were or what they were for, and they were finally given to the girls of the family to break up and make into other jewelry.
祖父曾在清朝為官的當代作家夏元瑜即因參觀此展，想起小時候家中也有幾掛朝珠，但卻沒人識得，也不知其用途，最後給女眷拆散，當成配飾。