However, the two types mentioned above referred only to the candle body; there were no other major elements, especially the base of the candle, which was only produced in order that the candle would not topple over. The community that wanted to win had to find yet another way to decorate differently. This was the beginning of decorating the base of the candle in different ways, especially in decorating the base to make it look like it was floating. Animals from literature or stories from Buddhist history were depicted. Again, the community that could do this won. If one community copied another community that wanted to win the following year,
they would make it much different or much bigger on a continual basis. It thus became a story in literature or Buddhist history that was perfected in one candle or one procession. Those who looked at the candles are absorbed, and received knowledge, and good feelings, as we can still see at present.