Yet in Taiwan the Catholic Church did not oppose traditional Chinese ancestor worship. And Catholicism often took on local forms: For example, expressions of reverence for the Virgin Mary followed patterns established for the Matsu, a major local deity. Thus, for example, a statue of Mary might be carried from village to village in a palanquin on an "inspection tour" --a Chinese folk tradition.
基督教嚴禁崇拜「偶像」，而係出同源的天主教徒則可以不反對中國傳統拈香、祭祖等儀式；天主教崇拜的聖母瑪莉亞來到台灣，也入鄉隨俗「效法」起媽祖，乘轎四方出巡，接受教友崇拜。