And the ornamental details found in traditional architecture aroused a love in him which has lasted to this day. The magic is in the detail Chen has travelled all over Taiwan and southern Fujian looking at traditional buildings, but his favorite is Chaihsing Villa in Tantsu Rural Township, Taichung County. Its carved wood, chiachishao (decorative lead-glaze ceramics) and carved brick-clay tiles are all superb.
跑遍台灣和閩南、四處走訪傳統建築的他，對於台中縣潭子鄉的摘星山莊最為讚嘆，不論是木雕、交趾燒、磚雕無一不精彩。