In the public parks of Ilan, whenever the weather permits, you will always find knots of elderly folks under the trees playing the Chinese fiddle and striking the wooden clappers. Some sing folk opera melodies into a microphone, while others alongside gently nod their heads to the rhythm.
在宜蘭地區的公園裡，只要天氣不壞，總有一群老人家聚在大樹底下，有拉殼仔弦，有的打五子仔；有的手握麥克風，以喑啞的嗓音唱著七字調、都馬調；有的在一旁搖頭晃腦地打拍子。