A tour of these traditional workshops showed Chen the bottleneck they face in passing on their skills and the sincerity and drive of these master craftsmen. As many put it, they derive their greatest sense of accomplishment from the fact that their customers enjoy their products and that some locals who have moved away come back especially to buy their brands.
一趟傳統工坊之旅下來，陳秀美看見其中的傳承瓶頸，卻也感受到資深「職人」的真誠與自我鞭策，像是許多師傅會表示，最大的成就是「客人喜歡」、「移居他鄉者還會特地跑回來買家鄉品牌」。