But for most people, its difficult to transcend the thought of death when it actually stares them in the face. "People have very primitive needs at the point where life and death intersect. You shouldn't see these rituals and performing troupes as being crude or as simply being a clearing of accounts for the deceased," says Hsu Fu-chuan.
然而對一般大眾而言，一旦面臨死別，總難超脫，「人在生死關頭有其原始需求，面對這些喪葬儀式、陣頭，不應以粗俗或還死人一個清靜簡單視之」，徐福全說。