"By using the Mazu pilgrimage for spiritual self-cultivation and enduring the physical training to express my thanks for Mazu's benevolence, I warmed my heart much better than I would have by making offerings of money or lighting firecrackers or otherwise joining in the 'Mazu fever,'" said Lin Chin-lung, a junior high school teacher who went on the pilgrimage with a teachers 'group last year.
「這樣依照媽祖遶境路線，進行獨自心靈淬練的行腳，以身體的磨練來敬謝媽祖的修行，要比任何金錢、鞭炮等『1 媽祖』的狂熱，讓我的心更熱了起來，」去年參加教師進香團的林金龍表示。