While these newer materials were easy to use and quick to apply, they constituted a heavy outer layer that caused the temple to lose its original, classical feel. Furthermore, these materials stifled the original wood so that the resulting build-up of humidity encouraged termite infestations.
新材料的使用方便快速，然而卻給老廟上了一層厚重濃妝，不僅讓保安宮失去古樸典雅的氣質，也讓整個木造建築密不透氣，變成了白蟻滋生的溫床。