Following traditions passed on for hundreds of years, the altar is dismantled and Zhong Kui dances his exorcistic dance. This marks the end of the festival. The carnival atmosphere subsides, and life returns to normal. The ghosts return to their underworldly habitations, responding to the authority of the Grand General who commands the ghosts, and of Zhong Kui, who captures ghosts.
幾百年傳統綿延相傳，搶孤活動結束後，緊接著還要以「謝棚」、「跳鍾馗」等儀式做收尾，讓亢奮的節慶氣氛沈澱下來，回歸常理。