Introduction to Sailing: According to legend, when Master Zhang was 18 years old, he, Xiao Ming, and Zhang Min followed Master Nagarjuna’s instructions to go to Lushan, Jiangxi to seek Taoism and study Dharma. On August 16th of the same year, they stayed in Yangjiaozhou, Fuzhou at noon. Immortal boat, suddenly a boat in the river sailed slowly towards the riverside. After Zhang, Xiao and Zhang got on the boat, the southeast wind was blowing slowly in the river. Suddenly, the boat sailed northeast into the sea. We arrived in Jiujiang in the blink of an eye. When Zhang, Xiao and Zhang got off the boat, their boat suddenly disappeared.
Later, Zhang Ciguan went to Wutong Ghost in Shiniushan Town and found that the fairy boat on the roadside was the boat that Master Nagarjuna inspired to send them to Lushan. Only then did he know that it was given to him by Master Nagarjuna. Therefore, Zhang Ciguan stood on the stone boat and recited the incantation, and the stone boat flew forward through the wind and waves in the river and sea. After Zhang Ciguan became an immortal, believers from all walks of life prayed to Dharma Master Zhang for his blessing to go fishing and cross the ocean. The security of making a living.
According to legend, during the Qing Dynasty, when Su Wei and Zhang Guangming from Anxi County took a civilian ship to make a living in Taiwan, they carried Zhang Gongfa's sacred bag as a escort. When the boat arrived in the sea, there was a strong wind, and huge waves crashed on Su Wei and Zhang Guangming's boat. Su and Zhang closed their eyes and chanted Dharma Master Zhang to keep their disciples safe. Suddenly they saw Dharma Master Zhang driving a fairy boat to protect the boat Su and Zhang Cheng were riding on, allowing Su and Zhang to reach Taiwan safely. During the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, in order to repay the kindness of the Lord Zhang for escorting him, Su and Zhang returned to the mainland and respectfully invited the god of the Lord Zhang to build the Jin'an Palace in a white rice urn in Suao, Taiwan to worship the Lord Zhang. The palace is still very popular today. The ship and sails of the immortal ship driven by Master Zhang became today's ship stones and sail stones respectively.