Some 10,000 "how-to" instruction pamphlets were gone in a matter of days. A weekly television show, "Incense", was inundated by letters from viewers trying to trace family origins.
去年年初，熱心人士曾發起「填寫家譜運動」，大眾反應出乎意料的熱烈，一萬份家譜填寫表，很快被函索一空。五月底，電視台開播「香火」節目，亦頗受觀眾歡迎，每天都可接到許多詢問填寫家譜有關事宜的來信。