On April 5, or more precisely the 16th day of the third lunar month, preparations were being made for the pilgrimage of Tachia's Mazu, which would begin after midnight. Hundreds of thousands of people poured into Tachia's Chenlan Temple and the neighboring area, and the major television companies were busily setting up towers so they could film every minute of this important folk ceremony.
二○○三年四月五日，農曆三月十六，大甲媽祖起駕的當天，數十萬民眾陸續湧進台中縣大甲鎮瀾宮，各大電視公司也忙著在重要位置搭設高台與吊車，好將這民間一大盛事「全都錄」。