To deal with the ghosts that would prefer to linger in the land of the living, another Daoist priest takes a rolled up straw mat in hand and strikes the ground hard with it. The rolled mat represents the Straw Dragon, a banisher of evil spirits.
對於眷戀陽間不肯回家的鬼魂，另外一名道士雙手緊握一捲草席，象徵驅邪的「草龍」，用力向地面拍打。