In the past, Patsailin was populated by strong, rough-and-tumble farmers. When the practice of qianggu began, says Wei, "Other villages would bring their poles in horizontally, but the folks of Patsailin were different, carrying their poles in straight up to the meeting place in an especially awe-inspiring manner."
過去拔仔林都是種田的粗做人，特別夠力，自從有「搶孤」習俗以來，「別庄的孤棧都是躺著進入會場，只有阮拔仔林卡特別，用『站』的進入會場，特別風神，」魏宗太解釋。