In the past, the impressions the people of Taiwan had of sea turtles were, more often than not, of just one of those animals which unluckily get trapped in a fish net, then sold to the temples and turned over to worshippers to be set free again.
在台灣，過去海龜給人的印象，往往只是偶爾誤入漁網，被賣到廟裡，再轉手給信徒放生的動物罷了。