According to legend iron lotuses sprang up in the sea and prevented the monk's ship from passing the island, so he followed a fisherman's suggestion that he should found a temple to Kuan-yin on the spot.
不料船行至此，海面上突然出現無數朵鐵蓮花，阻擋了船的去路。慧鍔法師正在猶疑的時候，一位漁翁點醒了他：「或許是菩薩屬意此地，何不乾脆安住這裡，一樣可以弘揚佛法啊！」