Children in the troupe remember how at major temple festivals they often used to sleep on one side by deity's palanquins, while troupes from all over and 'beggars' from every corner of Taiwan slept on the other.
明華園的孩子記得小時候，每有大廟會，常常是祝賀的神轎睡一邊；來自各地的戲班則和來自全省的「乞丐」睡一邊。