Putting on a showy Lantern Festival show is not culture, but if on the night of the Lantern Festival every street in a neighborhood competes to have the most beautiful lanterns and people come together in a spirit of community, the "local color" they produce can become a part of a culture that will draw people eager to experience and enjoy it.
他認為，「人們如何生活在一起」就是文化，辦一場酷炫的「燈節」並不是文化，但元宵節在每個街道比賽街燈、凝聚社區感情，並形成一種地方特色時，就可以成為文化，那會吸引人們前來參與體驗、欣賞。