Killing a big boar to offer to the Lord of Heaven is a way to present the best and most beautiful of earth's bounty to the highest and most revered god above. Employing this ancient rite with its offerings of whole pigs, whole goats and whole chickens just shows how important the jiao ceremony was to the residents of Talungtung.
殺豬公拜天公，以至美至好之物，獻於至尊至高的天神面前，這樣全豬、全羊、全雞的古禮，顯示出大龍峒居民對此次醮典的重視。