When Sung Chiang dance troupes train today, there are a number of practices meant to show respect to him. A worship is held before drills begin; magical inscriptions are written on all weapons; during performance, females are not allowed to come close, and nobody can pass through a row of troops in array.
因此在操練過程中，有一套禁忌﹘ ﹘開始演練前，必須先向祖師爺田都元帥膜拜，兵器上要安符咒；表演時，女人不可靠近，擺陣時，更忌他人穿越。