[1] Due to the large number of participants from all walks of life, related media publications were often associated with the activities of poetry societies, resulting in literary socialization and the popularization of literature.
[2] The Poets of the Island Reciting Convention did not become regular until 1924, and its cessation occurred because of the aggressive promotion of Japanization (Kominka movement) in 1937.
During their development from the 17th to the 19th centuries, the majority of Taiwanese poetry societies were primarily gatherings of literati for socializing and composing.
[3] With the advent of the convention, a multitude of poetry-related activities and events of varying scales arose, and trivial everyday matters such as weddings, funerals, and celebrations were performed through recitation.
In addition to gentry, literati, officials, and pupils, people from various social strata joined poetry societies, leading to a proliferation of poets in Taiwan.