In folk legends, the centipede acts as vanguard for the wangye, clearing a path and driving out all things impure, and so it can always be found at the very front of the long procession as it winds its way all around the locality.
民間傳說蜈蚣是為王爺掃除不潔的開路先鋒，因此總是出現在長長繞境隊伍的最前頭。