Most temples nowadays seek to lower their costs and reduce the amount of work involved in producing jiannian, using instead plastic or ready-made glass pieces, and cement as adhesive. However, jiannian artwork made by these methods falls apart quite easily.
一般廟宇為求降低成本、減少時工，現在都改用塑膠片或現成玻璃片，並使用水泥來黏貼，十分容易脫落。