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After Chinese Lunar New Year celebration, there're only 3 months to Xigang Festival. Those villages which associated with Qing An temple, would recruit volunteers to setup troupes in order to participate the parade in Xigang Festival. Every evening the volunteers mustered in front yard of their temple, received training from seniors or instructor. The training may take 2~3 months.
When training was finished, the chief of each temple would choose a day (usually on weekend), take the troupe to Qing An temple and make premiere in front of Wang Yeh and general public. So usually during the weekend throughout March to April, the square ahead and behind Qing An temple were crowded with touristsĦBjournalists and photographers from everywhere to view the performance.