In 1134, according to the local gazetteer, Pure Water Peak was struck by a thunderbolt which burned strangely all night, leaving behind white chrysanthemums, flowering ginger and an incense burner, behind which sat the deceased Pure Water Patriarch in meditation.
永春州志上記載，紹興四年（西元一一三四年）七月十日清水岩突然雷火燒山，從晚上燒到凌晨始滅。這場火來得怪異，人們登山看個究竟時，卻見有一叢白菊、一叢薑、一個香爐，已圓寂的清水祖師則端坐在後。