During a National Civic Association seminar focusing on Matsu, one scholar stood up and said, "Matsu is the Lei Feng of the Song Dynasty." (Lei Feng was an ordinary Liberation Army soldier who was exalted as model by Mao Zedong. Before he died, he did countless good deeds.) The scholar won the applause of the conference attendees.
在一次對全國政協的媽祖專題會報中，就有學者站起來說「媽祖就是宋代雷峰」（雷峰是大陸一名被毛澤東立為榜樣的平凡解放軍，生前行善無數），贏得眾人掌聲。