In the Kaohsiung-Tainan area, at midnight of the ninth day of the first lunar month (the Lord of Heaven's birthday), puppet troupes are invited to perform in temples or residential homes to give thanks for the kindness of heaven. This is the busiest day of the year for the southern puppet troupes. The Weitzunei troupe of Hunei Rural Township of Kaohsiung County once made six different performances on the same night.
每年正月初九天公生的凌晨子時，在高雄、台南一帶，寺廟或住家會請傀儡戲團叩謝天恩，這也是南部傀儡戲園最忙的一天，高雄縣湖內鄉的圍仔內大戲館，就曾一夜趕了六場。