In order to safely cross the Taiwan Strait, their ancestors put statues of Matsu, goddess of sea navigation, in the boats they sailed. Up to the present day, it is calculated that two-thirds of Taiwanese are believers in Matsu.
台灣的移民大多來自彰、泉二地，祖先為了平安渡過台灣海峽，因此隨船奉有航海神媽祖，直到今天，據推算台灣有三分之二的民眾皆為媽祖信徒。