On the trip across the Taiwan Strait they carried with them incense from Lintian Temple in Guangdong, which is dedicated to the worship of the Three Mountain-Kings. They arrived in Taiwan at what later came to be known as Lukang and in the following year built Linchao Temple in Hsihu.
原來，明神宗萬曆十四年，廣東揭陽縣人馬義雄、周榆森，來到台灣採芡實作藥材，他們攜著故鄉霖田廟三山國王香火，在鹿港登陸，次年在溪湖建廟，也就是今天的霖肇宮。