Everyone in Foshan knows such a proverb, "If you do something to help the poor, you will have no worries, and everything will be smooth." . The folk activity of "helping the poor" has entrusted Foshan people with their beautiful expectations and wishes for life. Every year on the 16th day of the first month, no one comes forward to organize. Foshan is deserted, and people from some towns and villages in nearby Nanhai, Sanshui, Gaoming and Shunde also come to participate in the bridge for a common hope.

Yu Wanshao, an expert from Foshan Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Office, said that there is a saying in the society that "it takes three years to be sparse, but it can only be used if it is not sealed". However, when they were young, they walked through Tongji Bridge many times without interruption, and they never heard the old people mention this statement. After that, they checked the history books and found no such records. In addition, Foshan people's well-known phrase "do good, no seal" is not recorded in the history books. Other experts generally agree with this statement. Therefore, the slogan of "promoting the economy without closing the door" was later formed.