Each clan is responsible for planning and organizing festival activities for the year in which its turn comes up. Clan members pool together their knowledge and resources in the hope that their year will be the best ever.
每年輪值的宗姓必須負責全市公普活動的策畫與安排，由於十五年才當值一次，各宗親會無不傾注全族的智慧、財力，希望自己所主辦的活動能比往年更有看頭，這種互別苗頭的心理，反映在普渡活動上，形成不少有趣的現象。