Preparation during phase one took them out among temple celebrations and street festivals, videotaping stilt walkers, ritual striding giants, lion dances, and puppet-operas, and also brought them as far a field as Kweichow on the mainland in search of rites to learn from.
「從高蹺、八家將、傀儡戲、舞獅陣，到陣頭表演等，都是我們田野考察的對象」，負責帶領田野調查的吳文翠細數家珍。