At 8: 30 p.m. on October 10th, the anniversary of the 1911 Revolution and the national holiday for the Republic of China, after the spectacular firework display is over and before the spectators have gone home, employees from the Combined Service Forces (CSF) are already on the banks of the Tamsui River guarding the unexploded firecrackers.
每年十月十日夜晚，是劉連三睡得最安穩的一夜。因為至少在未來的九個月當中，他不必再白天夜晚地為煙火操心了。夜漸漸深了。雖然煙火早已在八點卅分左右放完，觀眾也陸續離開，曲終人卻未散。