There should be, for example, eight lines of eight dancers just as there are in rituals honoring emperors. (Unfortunately, due to the limited space at Taipei's Confucian temple, only six are used.) The sacrificial implements are also of the most ceremonious grade used in ancient rituals--there are the meats of the Great Sacrifice as well as coins, silk, and special sacrificial vessels filled with food.
以舞蹈來說，「八佾舞」直行橫列各 8 人、共 64 人，為天子所專用，（目前台北孔廟因場地所限，不得已採六佾舞）；祭品也是古禮中最隆重的規格──太牢、幣帛與籩豆粢盛。