In past times, the people living here were plagued by the wind blowing the soil from their fields, and they called upon these ferocious magical beasts to scare off all kinds of evil spirits. Thus the wind lions became the guardian angels of the people of Kinmen.
先民受風沙之苦，生活艱困，於是託付神獸之威猛，希望嚇阻八方邪魔，從此風獅爺即成金門民眾的守護神。