However, when we sought confirmation from Li Hsi-tao, current secretary of the Buddhist Association of the ROC, and from the Fokuangshan Temple in Kaohsiung County, both said they had never heard this theory, and that no such practice now exists in Buddhist circles either in Taiwan or in Mainland China.
但求證於現任中國佛教會秘書的李西濤及高雄佛光山，他們都表示沒聽過類似說法，目前台灣及大陸的佛教界也沒有這種情況。