Legend has it that in 1742, devotees obtained the blessing of the Great Emperor Paosheng in his main temple in Fujian and then went to build a small wooden shrine for the deity in the wilderness of Taiwan.
相傳在乾隆七年（西元一七四二年），有人從福建保生大帝的祖廟乞靈分火帶來台灣，在篳路藍縷的草創時期用木板蓋了一座小廟，成為當地的信仰寄託。