By the Northern and Southern dynasties period, countless numbers of figurines graced the cave walls of such pilgrimage centers as Tunhuang, Lungmen and Yunkang. Statues of deities were brought to Taiwan about 300 years ago by early settlers from Fukien and Kwangtung.
台灣最早的神像是三百年前，隨著移民從家鄉分靈、分香，搭乘小船，一路經過驚濤駭浪而來的。