In the process, she began to perceive that local Taiwanese traditions might soon fall into oblivion for lack of transmission, so she and some cohorts began carrying out ethnological field surveys and assembling information on temple festivals and rituals.
她開始與幾位同道著手進行台灣民俗的田野查訪，並整理廟宇節慶的迎神賽會、祭典作醮、遊藝陣頭等，進一步創作了《醮》。