Many of the older residents of Chiayi County are reminded of their home villages by the pieces, and the art is admired by ordinary people as well as scholars and specialists for its simple and lifelike beauty.
前幾年，林老先生有感於年事已高，兒孫各有所成，他手中這世代相傳、幾成絕響的古老技藝，有失傳之虞。於是他收了十來位有志於此的嘉義年輕人為弟子，重又終日與陶土、窯爐為伍，與弟子們一塊兒燒製出一件件造型精緻、設色華美的交趾燒來。