As permitted by the gods: Each year, in the days before and after the birthday of the goddess Matsu on the 23rd day of the third month of the lunar calender, the Hsinying company will select one day to go and worship at the Feng Tien Temple in Hsinkang.
而年輕一輩的鄭新一則補充說：「閒閒的，出去拜拜，兼著看別的陣頭女孩子在跳舞也好嘛！」神明答應的每年農曆三月廿三媽祖生日前後，新營團會挑一天到新港奉天宮去進香﹘﹘這是出公差不領錢的演出。