If residents of the north happen to see a procession on the street, they won't see more than a peikuan music chen-t'ou, or the Eight Family Generals. At most there might be a few tens of teams. But in Tainan, for example, the five major temples get upwards of a hundred chen-t'ou (see accompanying chart).
北部居民偶在馬路上看到繞境隊伍，可見到的陣頭不外是北管陣頭、八家將或是大仙俑陣，數量最多不過幾十團；而目前以台南為例，五大廟會繞境時可看到上百的陣頭（見附表）。