In contrast, Huang was always happy to see his apprentices establish their own troupes, and maintained good relationships with them. The result has been that Wuchou Garden is the largest school of glove puppetry in Taiwan, and Huang is the preeminent glove-puppetry teacher of his time.
然而黃海岱卻是樂見弟子另起爐灶，師徒間也都維持著友好往來的關係，終於立下武林第一大門派的浩浩江山，成為布袋戲一代教主。