The purpose of these light poles was to ask the deities above to grace the altars and to offer the souls of ghosts a chance to come listen to the sutras and enjoy the offerings.
燈篙分天地、有長短，上請諸天神降臨醮壇，下召孤魂同來聞經聽法，接受普渡，發揮人飢己飢的慈悲精神。