Huang Hung-sung, who compiles educational materials about the Meinung locale, says: "Compared to those Old Uncles stuck indoors in temple niches, some even barred off in case of thieves, a traditional god sitting outside on the earth itself, with an open view all around, gives much more sense of the unity of heaven, earth and mankind."
美濃鄉土教學教材編輯黃鴻松也表示：「比起住在寺廟神龕內，甚至怕遭小偷而被關在鐵欄桿裡的伯公，這樣坐在土地上，眼光開闊看著四方的傳統伯公，有著天地人合一的精神。」