三山国王是广东潮州福佬人与客家人共同的信仰,随着粤东客家人在台湾的拓殖,三山国王信仰在明代万历年间就在岛内广泛传播,成为台湾客家人重要的信仰资源与文化力量。三山国王信仰也因环境变化而再创,其信仰群体、神像形态、神像名称、宗教功能、宗教仪式也发生了一定的变化。
The Fulao people and Hakka People in Chaozhou, Guangdong Province share the belief of Sanshan King. Sanshan King belief has been important belief resource and culture power since the broad spread on the island in Wanli period of Ming Dynasty with the colonizing of Eastern Guangdong Hakka People in Taiwan. Sanshan King be- lief has broken new ground with the changing environment, and its faith groups, statue form, statue name, religious function and religious rites have also changed.