"Non-Chinese didn't used to be allowed in," says Lin Ching-wen, a member of the construction committee, "and before work on the temple was completed last year, it didn't hold much appeal for them anyway. But now, except for some elderly Chinese who go there occasionally to offer incense, most of the time it's packed with tourists."
關帝廟籌建委員會委員林清文表示，「過去外國人是不准進廟的，而在去年新廟落成前，關帝廟對觀光客也沒什麼吸引力，現在則除了早晚會有老一輩華僑上關帝廟燒香，大多時間都是如織的遊客。」