Huang explains that the ceremony is designed to ward off evil and bring good fortune. The gods of the village won't recognize strangers until they've been given a local name, but now that we've received them we can share the same space with the locals on an equal footing.
黃貴潮在一旁解釋：取名禮有除邪和祝福的意思，因為外來客來歷不明，取了當地名字後宜灣的神靈才認得，從今以後我們也才可以和當地人共享一個空間。