摆五方

每年农历九月初二到初五，闽西清流赖坊举行为期四天的天师大醮（太平清醮），仪式集合了祈福、散福、结界、祭祖、问卜、驱疫、开斋等诸多环节，九月初五的“摆五方”将仪式推向高潮。“摆五方”是赖坊赖氏族人一年一度祭祖的特有习俗，在传统村落古戏台前，按东西南北中五个方位摆五张桌子，供奉各房族的传家之宝，“摆五方”亦称赛宝节。

The Four-Day Taiping Qing Jiao is celebrated from the second to the fifth day of the ninth month on the Chinese lunar calendar each year in the Laifang village, West Fujian. The ritual includes blessings, sacrifice ancestors, divination, exorcism, and many other processes. The climax of those is the Bai-wu-fang ritual on the fifth day of the ninth Lunar month. Lai lineage in the village performed this ritual also to sacrifice their ancestors. Before the traditional stage , villages put tables in five directions（East, West, South, North and Middle）, setting on the heirlooms of all ethnic groups on the tables, to show their wealth and power.