As the night grows darker, the crowds throng into the square at the local shrine. After midnight the nocturnal rites take place, from the Swine Offering for the Repayment of Vows to the singing of kankei, ceremonial songs to the ancestral spirits.
黑夜愈深，公廨前廣場愈喧雜熱鬧了起來，子夜一過，從拜豬還願到牽曲敬神的夜祭儀式就要開始了。