Cantonese Yale: a máh; lit. 'an epithet of the Fujianese sea goddess Matsu (媽祖)'. It is said that when the Portuguese sailors landed at the coast just outside...
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are dedicated to the Chinese goddess Tin Hau (天后), better known as Mazu (媽祖). Over 100 temples are dedicated (at least partially) to Tin Hau in Hong Kong...
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The Baishatun Mazu Pilgrimage (Chinese: 白沙屯媽祖進香; pinyin: Báishātún Māzǔ jìnxiāng) is usually held annually between lunar January and April in the western...
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2020). "大甲媽祖遶境「回娘家」當年曾引發正統之爭" (in Chinese (Taiwan)). China Times. Archived from the original on April 24, 2021. Retrieved April 24, 2021. "全台瘋媽祖!一張圖看懂「大甲媽遶境」、「白沙屯媽進香」差別"...
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This is a list of Mazu temples, dedicated to Mazu (媽祖) also known as Tian Shang Sheng Mu (天上聖母) or Tian Hou (天后) Chinese Goddess of Sea and Patron Deity...
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Portuguese-style homes, once used to house female leprosy patients. A-Ma Statue (媽祖像; Estátua de A-Ma) opened on October 28, 1998 (lunar calendar: September 9)...
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India. 5 February 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2014. "沒固定路線、全憑神轎指引徒步400里...白沙屯媽祖進香有何秘密?他爆出這些「神蹟」超驚奇". The Storm Media (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Central News Agency...
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known for its emphasis on fresh seafood. Lin Moniang: also known as Mazu (媽祖), Chinese Goddess of Sea Cai Xiang (蔡襄; 1012–1067): Chinese calligrapher,...
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this framework can be identified by specific names such as Mazuism (Chinese: 媽祖教 Māzǔjiào), Wang Ye worship, or the cult of the Silkworm Mother. This type...
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26, 2021. "南方澳南天宮(金媽祖、玉媽祖)". Suao Travel (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved March 2, 2021. 戴永華 (October 4, 2020). "宜蘭南天宮300兩黃金打造純金媽祖 造價2千多萬金光閃閃" (in Chinese...
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the original on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2018. "{title}" 星雲大師:蔡英文是媽祖婆 會保護台灣. 自由時報. 12 September 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2023. "{title}" 赴佛光山悼念星雲法師...
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Archived from the original on June 10, 2022. Retrieved March 15, 2021. "大甲媽祖遶境進香(直轄市登錄)". National Cultural Heritage Database Management System (in Chinese...
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保生大帝誕辰 Public holiday in Taiwan 3 (三月) 23rd April 15, 2020 Matsu's Birthday 媽祖誕辰 Public holiday in Taiwan 4 (四月) 8th April 30, 2020 Buddha's Birthday 佛誕...
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保生大帝誕辰 Based on Chinese calendar 23rd day of 3rd lunar month Matsu's Birthday 媽祖誕辰 Based on Chinese calendar 8th day of 4th lunar month Buddha's Birthday 佛誕日...
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Mazu Traditional Chinese 媽祖 Simplified Chinese 妈祖 Hanyu Pinyin Māzǔ Genre Chinese mythology, fantasy, historical Based on Mazu Written by Zeng Youqing...
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leading to the monks quarters. The main deity worshiped in the temple is Mazu (媽祖婆, "Ma Cho Po" in the local dialect), a 10th-century Fujianese shamaness deified...
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the temple, and the sea goddess is known as the "Hanxi Mazu" (Chinese: 旱溪媽祖; pinyin: Hànxī Māzǔ) after the nearby Han River. During the reign of Qianlong...
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evolved to appear also as bodyguards to Ong Yah (Royal Lord, 王爺) and Matsu (媽祖), and at many other temples. Later on, believers at those temples dressed...
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folklore material in his modern poetry. His collection of poems, Mazu Festival (媽祖祭), employed a variety of montage techniques, using Taiwanese vocabulary and...
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settlers to the country. The majority of these settlers worshipped Mazu (媽祖) to guide them safely in on their arrival in a new foreign country. Taoist...
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This could be in order to distinguish the village and its harbor from Mazu (媽祖), the goddess, and Mazu (馬祖) the island chain. Xiwei was derived from the...
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which is supposed to be the burial site of the similarly named goddess Mazu (媽祖). Matsu is the Wade-Giles-derived romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation...
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support of former Tourism Secretary Jose D. Aspiras. Mazu or Matsu (Chinese: 媽祖; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Má-chó͘; pinyin: Māzǔ) is the deified form of the medieval Fujian...
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Traditional Chinese). 3 October 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023. "北港朝天宮《北港媽祖最疼我》MV". YouTube. 15 April 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2017. Emerson Tsai at IMDb...
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Soma "芽莊朝拜女神". orientaldaily.on.cc. Retrieved 5 Feb 2020. "芽莊"吳哥窟",供奉著越南的"媽祖",距今已有千年歷史". www.klook.com. Retrieved 21 July 2022.[title missing] "旅行中的兔子"...
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of carpentry. Lùshén (路神, "Road God"). Xíngshén (行神, "Walking God"). Mazu (媽祖, "Ancestral Mother"), often entitled the "Queen of Heaven". Pànguān (判官, "Judging...
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Chinese (Taiwan)). China Times. Retrieved 22 November 2020. "歷史年代難考據 白沙屯拱天宮的媽祖與將軍" (in Chinese (Taiwan)). SET Taiwan. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 22 November...
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Guanyin (觀音) or Mazu (媽祖), known locally in Hokkien as Kuan-im (Hokkien Chinese: 觀音; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Koan-im) and Ma-cho (Hokkien Chinese: 媽祖; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Má-chó͘)...
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1980s the first association of Mazu temples, called Taiwan Mazu Fellowship (台灣媽祖聯誼會). Its membership increased gradually from eighteen temples in 1990 to sixty...
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