Still, legend has it that Matsu's mother was impregnated by a concoction from the Buddhist goddess Kuan Yin, or that Matsu was actually Kuan Yin appearing in human form.
然而民間傳說媽祖的母親得觀音丹藥而懷胎，也有媽祖就是觀世音菩薩轉世之說。