Chin An, with a comparatively longer history, beat Nan Tien in being the first to welcome a statue--measuring more than six feet in height--from the mainland. At the side of where the statue is positioned there is engraved the bold label, "Taiwan's first great Matsu statue from Meichou."
而進安宮不但建廟歷史較久，也比南天宮早一步迎回一尊六尺高的大陸新刻媽祖神像，神像座位旁還赫然刻上了「台灣第一大湄洲媽祖」。