There was a hill called Chishang near Tainan that was made of red soil. To its east, in Wujia Village, there was a young man named Hu De-chang. He had a strong bull and a frail cow. He made his living by transporting goods with his bull cart. One day, as he arrived at Anping Harbor, he heard talk of a large stone that was washed up upon the beach. The stone was rumored to be very beautiful, but it was too heavy for anyone to carry home. After making his delivery, he went to the beach to see the beautiful stone for himself. He really liked the stone and wanted to bring it home with him.

So, he tied the stone with a length of rope and tried using his bull to pull it. But the stone did not budge. The bull pulled so hard that its shoulder bled, but Hu De-chang did not want to give up. He knelt and prayed to the heavens for help so that he could bring the stone back home.

As the prayer left his lips, a white bearded old man appeared and told him,“You should use the cow to pull this stone!”Hu De-chang laughed and said,“Don’t kid me! Even my strong bull could not make it move. My cow is so frail, how could she move the stone?”The old man smiled and said,“How would you know if you don’t try?”Surprisingly, the cow made the stone move easily. Hu De-chang turned his head to thank the old man, but found that he had disappeared. He realized that the old man was a deity who had come to help him, so he knelt and bowed to the heavens thrice to show his gratitude. Then, he loaded the stone onto his cart and brought it home.

When he arrived at Chishang, the cow suddenly stopped and refused to move even when Hu De-chang whipped her with his whip. The old man appeared again and said,“The stone likes it here. You should unload it here!”Hu De-chang had no choice but to unload the stone. When the villagers heard about the stone’s mystical origin, they flocked to Chishang to see it for themselves. Some days later, a highly skilled stone artisan who happened to pass by Chishang carved the stone into a graceful statue of the Buddhist goddess Guanyin (Goddess of Mercy).

　　臺南附近有座紅土的小山叫做赤山，東邊五甲莊有個年青人叫胡德昌，他有一頭強壯的公牛及一頭瘦弱的母牛，平時靠拉牛車運貨維生。有一天到安平港時，聽說有一塊從海上漂來的大石頭，紋路很美可惜太重搬不走，胡德昌送完貨到沙灘一看，很喜歡這塊石頭，決定拉回家去。
　　他先用繩子綁石頭再叫公牛用力拉，石頭卻一動也不動，公牛的肩膀都流血了，胡德昌還是不放棄，跪下向上天祈求力量，好讓他把石頭搬回家。
　　話一說完，突然出現一位白鬍子的老公公說：「你應該用母牛來拉這塊石頭才對！」胡德昌笑說：「請不要開我玩笑，公牛那麼強壯都拉不動，母牛這麼瘦弱，怎麼可能拖得動呢？」老公公又笑：「你不試一試，怎麼知道呢？」母牛才一拉石頭就動了，胡德昌一回頭，老公公早就不見了，他知道是神仙來幫忙，趕緊跪下向天空拜了三拜，再把石頭運回家。
　　走到赤山前，母牛突然停下來不動，怎麼打都不肯往前走，老公公又出現說：「這塊石頭喜歡待在這裡，你就把它放下來吧！」胡德昌無計可施，只好照辦。村裡的人聽說這塊石頭的神奇遭遇，都跑去看這塊神仙石，後來某一天，又被一位路過此地，技藝高超的石匠，把這塊石頭雕刻成莊嚴的觀世音菩薩佛像。