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APPENDIX
1983 Cheung Chan Bun Festival
長洲一九八三年(癸亥年)建太平清醮
Date: May 16-20, 1983.
Place: Playground in front of the Bai-di temple
A.
Taoist Team: five Fukienese-speaking dao-shi, with Wei Guo-xin as the head dao-shi; five musicians, also Fukienese-speaking.
May 16
13:00 Greeting the Gods
20:00 First operatic performance begins on temporary stage adjacent to the Taoist altar.
May 17
1:00 Beginning of Jiao-shi
Residents of Cheung-chau begin the three-day fast
Operatic performances continue, afternoon and evening shows.
May 18
Operatic performance continues, two shows per day.
12:00 Offering to the Gods
15:00 Dotting of eye
May 19
12:00 Vegetarian diet ends.
May 20
10:00 Divide the Buns
14:00 First day of Procession 第一天會景巡遊
Operatic performance continues, two shows per day.
14:00 Second day of Procession
Operatic performance continues, two shows per day.
Fast ends.
May 21-22 Operatic performance.
Beginning on May 17 and ending on May 22, Jiao-shi were conducted in three sessions each day, generally in the morning, afternoon, and evening.