When the first people started to arrive on the shores of Taiwan, the Matsu they carried over the Taiwan Strait protected them as they opened up the interior stage by stage. Such auxiliary Matsus had to be returned to their homes every year for a spiritual recharge.
過去先民登陸時，自湄洲所帶渡黑水溝（台灣海峽）的媽祖，護祐著先民自港口往內陸一站站拓墾下去，而分靈出去的媽祖則年年回到娘家充電。