Because the temple festivities were so close together in time, the people romantically came up with this story of Ta Tao Kung's unrequited love for Matsu. Whereas in the simpler Fukien area in the mainland, where belief systems were clearly distinguished from one another, the villages each have their deities, and Matsu and Ta Tao Kung have not been thrown together in a rumor of a romantic pairing.
由於雙方廟會時間重疊，加上氣候已近入梅，老百姓便浪漫地編出大道公單戀媽祖的故事；而在大陸閩南一帶，住民單純、信仰圈分明，如今村落仍各有所奉神明，媽祖與大道公，並未被芸芸眾生亂點鴛鴦譜。