每逢‘九皇爷’出游，我们必挤在后房的窗口或外祖父母的前房，前房的窗口有上下两层，打开下面的两扇窗门，是一条条的木栏杆, 矮小的我们，两手握着栏杆往外望，大人门打开上层的窗户，把手肘歇在窗上看。
游行队伍从大华戏院那儿往我们家的方向缓缓而行，有用额头顶大旗杆的，有挑花篮的女子，有男人抬着的轿子左右摆动，锣鼓声响彻云霄，最可怕的是脸颊穿着铁棒的童子，见人就追，异常恐怖！
晚上睡觉必发恶梦 ，梦中只见童子踢开我家后门，跑上楼来追我们，醒来满身冷汗！
Each year’s 'Nine Emperor gods' procession, we would cramp in the back room or grandparent's front room, the wooden window had upper and lower portion, as the children opened the lower portion, we squated down with hands holding the railing looking out, the adults were resting their elbows against the upper window sill.
The procession was moving slowly from Majestic Theatre towards the direction of our house, with men putting the big flagpole on their forehead to balance, young girls carrying the flower baskets on their shoulder and walked gracefully, two men carrying the sedan chair swaying from side to side, with the resounding of drums, the most frightening were the men in a trance with iron bar poked through their cheeks, they chased the women at the road side, horrifying!
Each time after the processions, the same night, I had nightmare, in the dream I saw the men in a trance kicked open our back door, ran upstairs to chase after us, waken up with cold sweat all over!
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