Craftsmen from the mainland were called upon to come to Taiwan to carve the god statues as well as teach a younger generation of apprentices.
有的待上二、三年，在廟宇竣工或雕像完成後便束裝還鄉；有的則安家落戶，就此生根。台灣第二代神像就出自這些唐山師傅之手。「神刀」施禮是本土雕刻師的始祖