Lee Yun-fei points out that while such couplets appear only in the homes of high government officials or wealthy families among the Southern Fujianese, they are ubiquitous in Hakka homes, whether they belong to farmers or officials. Moreover, since the Hakka have long been wanderers, these couplets often extend to 50 or 60 characters.
「客家卻是不論種田或當官的，家家戶戶都有棟對，並由於輾轉遷移、源遠流長，棟對往往長達五、六十個字」，李允斐指出。