Some 400 years ago the Han Chinese pioneers in Taiwan, who hailed either from Quanzhou or Zhangzhou in Fujian, would always place large stones in the holds of their boats as ballast. After landing, these stones would be used to build foundations or stairwells. Some were brought outside to pave roads or build bridges, silently extending their mission of protecting their owners.
400 年前，泉漳先民勇闖黑水溝時，總帶著沈重的泉州石壓在艙底避免小船翻覆；上岸後，這些壓艙石有的變身寺廟裡的礎石台階，有的拿去鋪路造橋，默默延續它們守護主人的使命。