In Kaohsiung county's Chiating, real materials were used to build a massive wang chuan boat for which devotees also purchased a real television, refrigerator and great quantities of rice, salt and gold fabric. It has been estimated that they spent a total of more than NT $ 5 million.
而高雄縣茄萣鄉金鑾宮五朝建醮大典，廟方一改過去三合板釘制王船的習俗，以真材實料建造一艘長六十台尺、寬十四尺八的王船。信徒並添購真正的電視、冰箱及大批米、鹽、金帛，估計全部花費超過新台幣五百萬。