But the climax comes on the 19th and the 23rd days of the third lunar month when upward of 100,000 devoted pilgrims and curious spectators arrive by charter bus, taxi, public transportation, and on foot to choke the streets and hotels of Peikang.
由於交通事業發達，遠道而來的進香團都是乘遊覽車、轎車或騎摩托車前來北港。只有大甲鎮瀾宮百餘年來一直保留步行的傳統。