In addition to the yearly tour of the island, Jyou-tian carried two 35-kilo drums up Yushan in 2004, and last year, after being awarded the Council for Cultural Affairs subsidy, they braved a spell of 8 ° weather and made a 43-day "pilgrimage" to cultural centers in all 23 of the nation's counties and municipalities.
除了每年的環島大巡，九天更在 93 年揹著兩顆各重 35 公斤的大鼓登上玉山，也在去年獲選為文建會國家扶持團隊後，頂著寒流 8 度的低溫出發，以 43 天時間，揹起 3 顆大鼓巡迴全國 23 個縣市的文化中心，完成「文化朝聖、環島苦行」的文化出巡。