Toucheng's chiang-ku ceremony for catching lonely ghosts was suspended for forty-three years and only revived last year. It is a charitable ritual that must take place before the closing of the spectral gate every seventh lunar month.
停辦四十三年，直到去年才復辦的頭城「搶孤」，是農曆七月關鬼門前的一種施捨儀式。