Having perhaps endured untold hardships, Chinese immigrant communities would generally establish a temple to ensure they would continue to enjoy the protection of their own local gods.
華人移民遠渡重洋，可能遭遇莫測的劫厄，到達異域，待諸事安頓之後，總會聚資設立宗廟，以請來家鄉神佛，期能長相庇蔭。