Temple head Wu Hsiang-mao explains that having the centipede pass over you will protect you from evil, which is why many residents make sure to get out along the procession route and wait on their haunches for the centipede to come and pass over them.
慈濟宮總幹事吳相茂表示，相傳讓蜈蚣陣從頂上經過，可以消災解厄保平安，因此許多居民都會先行在蜈蚣陣的預定路線上，蹲著身子等候，好讓蜈蚣陣行經時從上而過。