They were set out as offerings at a ceremony at Ma Tsu Temple in Lukang by some local worshipers who had just returned from a pilgrimage to Meichow, in Fukien, but the form hadn't been perfected yet.
當年鹿港媽祖廟的信徒，曾大規模到湄州進香，回來之後的大拜拜就看到類似捏麵人的供品；不過形象仍不完整，而是以豬肚為身軀，酸菜為蓑衣，棉花做鬍鬚，最後才用面料做斗笠，僅此而已。