Forty years ago the town of Tunghsiao wanted to build a Matsu temple. The elders of the town invited Li Chin-ch'uan, who was living in Nanho at the time, to take charge of carving for the temple.
四十年前，通霄鎮欲建一座媽祖廟，當地父老禮聘住在鎮上南和里的李金川負責廟宇雕刻。