It soon became clear that he knew the rhythms by heart, for he began tapping them out himself at all hours of the day on the wooden staircase at home. The father quietly observed it all, and allowed Wen-ting at age seven to don the suit of a "heavenly general" and proudly beat the drum on a parade float at a temple fair.
這些舉動父親都默默看在眼裡，在洪文定 7 歲那年的一場盛大廟會中，父親讓他穿上代表「天將」的服裝，威風地坐在遊行花車上擊鼓，留給他永難忘懷的回憶。