The drums and gongs are sounded. The Taoist priest pulls a rope to "hoist the sail" and splashes water in front of the ship's bow, proclaiming "the tide is in." Then taking a hoe he marks out a furrow in front of the ship to "open a channel" to the sea, and the ship's hull almost seems to start gently rocking up and down on the waves.
鑼鼓響起，道士拉動繩索，「豎起船帆」；提著水潑向船頭，「潮水已到」；再用鋤頭在船前畫出一道痕跡，向大海的「水路」已開，船身似乎隱隱然浮動起來。