This was the first time the ROC government had worked with the private sector to keep a Taiwanese cultural asset in the land where it was created. Apart from representing a major victory for art in Taiwan, the outcome conveys the high esteem in which people hold Lin Yu-shan.
這第一件由民眾與政府合力，免於重要文化資產流落海外的範例，不僅是當年美術界一大盛事，更可見民眾對於老畫家林玉山的肯定與重視。