As he enters onstage to a crescendo of gongs and drums, freezing into a "lightning" pose with the last reverberations, Kuan Kung invariably meets with a vociferous reception.
鑼鼓聲起，前驅馬僮的觔斗先翻得觀眾情緒激昂，關老爺這才一手勒韁、一手揚鞭，「倉倉倉其倉﹘﹘」恰在最後一個鑼聲止住的同時「亮」住：紅臉、綠靠、夫子盔，加上不怒而威的臥蠶眉、似睜未睜的丹鳳眼，真個威風凜凜，浩氣衝天。