Beginning on the fifth day of the third lunar month, the residents of Talungtung put on the so-called "surname operas" for 24 days. These are operas staged in turn by various surname associations for the pleasure of the deities.
從農曆三月五日開始，大龍峒居民首先持續上演二十四天的「家姓戲」，所謂的家姓戲，是指信仰圈內各姓氏族人輪流領銜的酬神戲。