Standing before the Tien Hou Temple, one cannot help but think back to January 2, 2001. On that day more than 500 Matsu faithful from Taiwan boarded a ferry and sailed directly to Mawei, from where they journeyed on to the Matsu Temple on Meizhou Island to pay their respects. This turned the handle on the door of the Little Three Links, the latest twist in our tale.
站在馬祖天后宮前，不禁令人回想起二○○一年一月，五百多名媽祖信眾乘著客輪直航福州馬尾，再轉赴湄洲島媽祖祖廟進香朝拜，開啟了兩岸小三通的大門。