《太平广记·卷三十四·神仙三十四》
当时正是七月十五日，番禺县人大多都在庙里陈设珍肴异味，在开元寺中同时集中许多人唱戏。
时中元日，番禺人多陈设珍异于佛庙，集百戏于开元寺。
At that time, it was the fifteenth of July and most of the people in Panyu county were putting out delicacies in the temple, with a lot of people singing plays in Kaiyuan Temple at the same time.