Hung Pao-chen explains that in the 1970s when the Taiwan economy took off, temples were being erected, and people were constantly praying to the gods or holding religious ceremonies. The incense business flourished. But then low-priced incense from mainland China flooded the market, which led directly to the industry's decline in Taiwan.
洪寶真表示，1970 年代正值台灣經濟起飛，民間起廟、還願、節慶祭儀活動不斷，製香業相當蓬勃，後來大陸製香靠著低廉價格搶奪市場，正面衝擊的結果是，台灣製香業每下愈況。