"The Lanyu islanders don't engage in commerce: the pigs are not raised for sale, but chiefly for sacrifice," says Hsieh Han-chung, a local, who sums it up thus: "The reason why hybrid pigs have gradually replaced the pure ones is a problem of the islanders 'attitude toward raising pigs."
「蘭嶼人不會做生意，豬不是養來賣的，而是以祭典使用為主。」在地人謝漢忠歸納出的結論是，「蘭嶼人之所以養出雜種豬，是『觀念問題』使然。」