Meanwhile, Matsu across the Taiwan Strait, under the impact of intensifying exchanges between the two sides, has acquired a new appellation: "The Goddess of Peace in the Taiwan Strait."
到了民國，北港朝天宮有蔣經國先生的頒匾；而彼岸的媽祖，則在兩岸媽祖廟的熱絡交往下，更給了媽祖一個最新封號﹘ ﹘「海峽和平女神」。