Pilgrimage to an audience with ancestors: Worshipping at the temple was original ly significant as a tracing back of origins. Branch temples with a comparatively shallow history can also increase their attraction and position by fixing their history according to an ancestral temple or by going to pay their respects at a place with a great historical name.
祖廟進香，原有「追本溯源」的意思；經過分香或分靈、資歷較淺的廟，定期向本廟或歷史悠久的老字號朝拜，藉以補充神力，也增加本身的權威和號召力。