"Without the Lord Centipede at the front, the Great Lord of the Tao (Ta Tao Kung, another name for Pao Sheng Ta Ti, the Great Emperor Protector of Life) could not come out; and wherever the centipede goes is where the firecrackers are loudest," stresses Liu Cheng-shang, chairman of Chihe Kung's temple management committee.
「若無蜈蚣公走前頭，大道公（保生大帝）也不能行；而且它所到之處鞭炮總是放得最響」，集和宮主任委員劉正上強調。