Hsiang Mao-sung recalls that during the first year's sea procession, the residents of all the islands came to give offerings when they heard of the tour. It was extremely moving. In the most reverent harbors they passed through, the residents knelt down and did not rise up for a long time.
項茂松回憶，第一年海上繞境，各離島居民知道媽祖出巡來賜福，非常感動，在信仰最虔誠的通樑港口，沙灘上跪滿居民，久久不起。