Zhang Guo [zh], a Qing Dynasty government official from Quanzhou, is credited with bringing a copy of Mazu her birthplace in Meizhou Island to the current site of the temple, then known as Litoudian (犁頭店).

In 1726, as Litoudian became a larger village, Zhang Guo's descendants led eleven families to build a temple for Mazu.

Renovations occurred in 1821, 1861, 1913, 1953, 1961, and 1977, and none of the original building exists; the oldest surviving structures date back to the Japanese era.

Later, they visited Wanhe Temple and found that there are tear streaks on Lao'erma's face, leading them to believe that their daughter's spirit has entered the statue.

Therefore, every year, each of the eleven founding families sends an opera troupe to perform in the temple plaza for the deity.