In preparing the presentation of the piece, folk dance expert Miss Lin Li-jen, who is the troupe's instructress, spent six months studying the folk dances of Sinkiang Province from books at the National Central Library in Taipei and the Tunghai university library in Taichung. She is now teaching at a local college.
在她心目中，跳邊疆舞一定得有憑有據，不是光耍個鈴鼓就可表現。所以，她花了半年的時間，到臺北中央圖書館、台中東海大學圖書館等處，翻遍了所有有關邊疆記載的書籍。