Looking back at the development of Buddhism in Taiwan, even in its "vegetarian stage" there were several times more women than men. After retrocession, with the pains taking aid of the mainland bhiksu, female ascetics became Buddhism's army. And with the social liberalization of the last 20 years, it is women who are handling major tasks and holding leadership positions.
回顧台灣佛教的發展，可以說在齋教時期，就已經是齋姑數倍於齋公；光復之後，在大陸比丘的刻意扶持下，女性出家人成為推廣佛教的生力軍；到了近二十年來，隨著社會的開放，她們更是獨當一面，居於領導地位。