These offerings are not as great as those that Taiwanese pilgrims make, but "the Mother Temple's glory comes from the atmosphere of worship that is stirred up there," notes Academia Sinica researcher Lee Fong-mao, who has visited Meizhou Island.
被迎回祖廟的媽祖神像身上結滿了五元、十元的人民幣，敬獻的香油錢雖沒台灣香客出手大，然而「祖廟的興盛，靠的就是當地這種朝拜的氣氛」，到過湄洲的中央研究院研究員李豐楙指出。