Chen found that primitive carving differs from most other carving in a fundamental way. It is decorative or narrative in function, not pure art for art's sake.
有一次，一幅人面鹿身木雕讓他百思不解，因為山地雕刻很少出現這種「組合」。為了得到答案，他一直等到天黑後，作品的主人回來，問清楚了才走。