Occasionally there would be some free time and then they would call together their neighbors, relatives and friends, pull out the long bench, pick up an erxian, sanxian or pipa, get together in the front courtyard, and spontaneously strike up a tune from a Liyuan opera.
泉州農人日出務農，日落而息，偶有的空閒時間，就招呼隔鄰親友，拉出長板凳，拿著二弦、三弦或是琵琶，相聚在前院一隅，默契十足地彈唱梨園戲裡的一段。