The sound of drums and gongs continues all day long during the season, up to the fifteenth day of the first month. The contest is a part of mass recreational activities, with every village sending a team consisting of a drum, a pair of cymbals and several gongs. The drummer acts as the conductor, and the other players perform to the rhythmic beats of the drum. When the playing comes to a climax, all teams strike their instruments with a vengeance, each trying to overpower others in the noise they make. Thus, there is a deafening sound, which creates a most lively atmosphere in the otherwise quiet countryside.
Lion dancing is a traditional folk sports activity.
From the fourth day of the New Year to the fifteenth of the first month, there are lion dance groups, each composed of seven to more than ten people, touring from village to village. All performers wear the same kind of coats, trousers, shoes and headgear, with a sash round their waist, armed with swords and clubs to give people an impression of grandeur. The lion's head is complete with painted eyes, nose, mouth and tongue, decorated with bells tinkling on tassels. The body is a mottled piece of cloth. The dance is performed by one fellow holding the lion's head with both hands and another bowing low and hunching his back at the lion's tail.