This image of Matsu, brought to Penkang by Liu Ting-kuo from Meichou, on the Chinese mainland, and later moved to Hsinkang after the 1804 flood, is in fact the first Matsu to have been transported to Taiwan.
為了尋求心靈上的寄託，便有一位叫劉定國的居民，到大陸湄州恭請漁民的守衛神﹘﹘媽祖的神像來台奉祀。這尊最早來台的媽祖神像，最先奉祀在笨港由十寨居民合建的天妃廟裡。後來由於廟宇被溪流沖毀，便被移至新港，奉祀在這座新的媽祖廟中。