The "ox-plow dance," a sexually suggestive folk ritual that is often performed at temples around Taiwan in spring to celebrate the reawakening of the world, is actually intended to promote a "sympathetic reaction" in Mother Earth, restoring her to the peak of her reproductive powers.
現在在廟會中時常出現的民間小戲「牛犁陣」，也是在春天大地復甦之際，以充滿性暗示的舞蹈達到「交感作用」，期待地母恢復旺盛的生產力。