Although the reasoning behind there being a single Matsu is easy to comprehend, the disputes over orthodoxy between temples continue to follow the times and different forms of competition over the years. The opening up of visits to relatives across the Strait is just one more wave in this process. (ventine Tsai / tr.
看來媽祖只有一個的道理，雖是人人都懂，然而廟宇之間的大小正統之爭，仍將隨著時代，年年有不同的競爭方式；兩岸開放「探親」，只是推波助瀾的一端罷了。