Separation into Great Matsu, Second Matsu, or even more, originally came from a convenient way for the temples to distinguish among the many images therein; who would have expected it would imply a competition between them?
大媽、二媽，甚或更多媽，原是寺廟方便稱呼分辨廟中供奉神像而用，怎知卻有了互相較勁的意思。