On February 8, on the eve of the lunar calendar's Lord of Heaven celebration, the high-pitched blasts of the trumpet-like suona and the low-pitched clangs of the gongs broke the silence of the night, with Pinghsi's Nanchi Community beiguan music troupe and its Fuhsing Community gong and drum troupe kicking off the introduction to Pinghsi's 2003 Sky Lantern Festival.
二月八日，農曆天公生的前一晚，高亢的嗩吶與低沈的大鑼聲，劃破天際，平溪鄉南極社北管與復興社大鑼鼓陣，在十分旅遊服務中心廣場為二○○三年的天燈節揭開序曲。