武夷山大红袍茶城
AnIntroductionofMazuTempleandMeizhouIsland
湄洲岛、妈祖庙英语介绍
BirthdayoftheGoddessoftheSea
妈祖生日
According
tolegend,Matsu(pronounced"Mazoo")wasborninA.D.
am,youngMatsusavedherbrotherfromdrowning
aftertheirshipsank,andatage28sheascendedtoheaven.
Hermiraclescontinued,andMatsuearnedthetitleGoddessof
theSeaandEmpressofHeaven.
Matsu,patronsaintoffishermen,isoneofthemostvenerated
deitiesintheChinepantheon,andherbirthdayiscelebrated
withelaborateritesinTaiwan'
largestcelebrationisatPeikang'
fromaroundtheislandbringimage,oftheirowndeitiesto
visitPeikang'smainMatsuimage,consideredthemosteffective
ngdeitiesareparadeddownthemain
streetatoporinsideornatepalanquins,heraldedbymoundsof
sfolkperformancesareheldin
thetemplecourtyard,whilepilgrimsattendasteadysuccession
ple'sMatsuimagesmake
武夷山大红袍茶城
武夷山大红袍茶城
inspectiontoursofthetown,andatnight,lightedfloats
rparadescanbeeninmostaside
cities.
Well,justoffFujian’scost,betweenQuanzhouandPutian,liesMeizhou
andis9.6kilometerslongfromnorthtosouthand1.3
inthenorthofthemouthof
MeizhouGulf,utyliesin
thegreentrees,alargenumberofharbors,jaggedcoastallineand
continuousbeach.
TheMazuTempleonMeizhouislandiswell-knownathomeand
idthatMazuws
d
understandandinterpretBuddhistscripturesbythetenderageofeight
when,accordingtoaguidebook,“Shebegantoworshipgodsandrecite
texts,withanintentiontosalvatepoorpeople.”Whenshewas16,a
celestialbeinggaveherabronzetalisman,andfromthenonshegrewin
ttoaboutdoinggooddeeds,
healingthesickwithherbs,teachinghowtopreventdiaandreading
theaandstartsandweathertohelpfarmersknowwhentheyshould
武夷山大红袍茶城
武夷山大红袍茶城
ogood—butthenhewas
creditedwithridingtheclouds,andusingherpowertoturnthetideand
tosaveships,andpeoplebeguncallingher“TheGoddess”or“Daughter
ofDragon”.Andherfatewasaled.
SoMazuwasworshipedasaa-goddessforrescuingmanyaman
andcommercialboats.
temple
H:Alltheimperialcourtsinthehistorytitledher"HolyLady","Holy
Queen"and"HolyMotherofHeaven",uIslandisthe
hometownofMazuandtheMazuTemplehereisrespectfullycalled
"MeizhouAncestralTempleofHolyQueenPalace".Itwasfirstbuiltina
verysmallscalein987AD,asbeenmore
Dynasty,thefamousnavigator,ZhengHe,oncereportedthat"the
Goddessmadeitsprenceonthea"aftercomingbackfromhis
explorationtoXiyang(WesternOcean).So,beforehestartedhisventh
explorationtoXiyang,
recoveryofTaiwanIslandbyQingDynasty,GeneralShiLangreportedto
nhe
ent,the
splendidMazuTemplewithrichornamentshasbeenasacretplace
武夷山大红袍茶城
武夷山大红袍茶城
worshipedbytheOverasChine,especiallybytheamenalloverthe
idthattherearemorethan1,000suchtemplesinthe
OverasChinepopulatedareas,amongwhichabout800onesarein
-scalecelebrationsareheldonherbirthdayonthe
25thdayofthethirdlunarmouthandthedateofherdeathontheninthof
theninthlunarmonth.
TheMazhuTemple,locatedinMeizhouIslandofPutian,istheancestor
ofalltheMazhuTemples,bigorsmall,dreds
ofyears,ithasbeenworshippedasthesacretplaceandvisitedby
thousandsofMazhuworshipperachyear.
LadyMazhu,previouslynamedLinMoniang,wasbornonMarch23,960,the
endgoesthatLin
MoniangwasveryintelligentandcouldunderstandandintrepreteBuddhist
nceherchildhood,shebegantoworship
godsandrecitetext,er
deathon9thoflunaSeptemberinthefouthywarofYongoftheSong
Dynasty(A.D.987),herspiritoftenreappearedonthetosafeguardthe
ndlessmeritsbroughtaboutpraisfromcurtsafterthe
SongDyansty;asmanyas28royaltitleswereconferredtoher,including
"HolyQueen","HolyLady"and"HolyMother",whileamongthefolk,shehas
beenrespectedlycalled"Mazhu".
MazhuTemplewasfirstbuiltinaverysmallscaleintheyearshe"ro
toheaven".Later,eachtimeitreceivedatitlefromthecourt,it
underwentanexpansion,andsawanincreaofworshippingactivities.
HistoricrecordsshowthateachofMazhu'sBirthdaywasagrandoccasion
whendisciples,menandwomen,flockedinfromalltheplaces,someeven
hundredsofmilesaway,toburnjosssticksbeforeMazhuandprayforher
ryingveslsharboredinsuchadensitythatnotapatch
ofwatercouldbeenalongtheshoreofMeizhouIsland.
Inrecentyears,worshippingofMazhuhasreachedanotherclimaxonboth
empleafterveralrenovationshas
1988,therehavebeen
tensofthousandsofTaiwancompatriotsvisitingMazhuTemple,amongwhom
thdaysofMazhuinthe
yearshaveenhundredsofthousandsofpilgrimsfromotherpartsofChina
andfromabroad,husiasmforMazhuhas
caughttheattentionofscholarsandexpertsathomeandabroad,andMazhu
武夷山大红袍茶城
武夷山大红袍茶城
Culturehasbecomeahotsubjectinacademicandtheoraticalcircles.
MazhunowbecomesatielinkingthemainlandandTaiwan,andhasaroud
hteinterestoftheworld.
MaZu(MaChoPo)iswidelyworshippedasagoddessofthea.
HeroriginalnamewasLinMo.
Accordingtohistoricalrecords,MaZuwasbornonthe23rdday
ofthe3rdmonthofthelunarcalendarin960A.D(SongDynasty).
Asshedidnotcryatallduringherfirstmonth,shewasnamed
Mo,meaning,"keepingsilent".LinMowasveryintelligentfrom
,she
becameaBuddhistanddevotedtherestofherlife,tohelping
others.
Shehadagiftofhealingandnotonlytreatedthesickbuttaught
eeablenature
andwarmheartednesswonhertheloveandrespectofthevillagers.
y
thea,Putianwasabusyportofcallforfishingboatsand
therwasnotalwayskindtothesailorsand
thepoorlybuiltshipswereofteningreatdangerbecauofthe
erdisastersoccured,LinMowouldjoininthe
rescueteamsorganidbythevillagers.
武夷山大红袍茶城
武夷山大红袍茶城
武夷山大红袍茶城
Shewasalsoreferredtoasthegoddessanddragongirlbecau
swould
ekheradvicebeforegoingouttoa.
In987A.D.,thishumaneandhelpfulladydiedatayoungageof
idthatacolourfulrainbowwasenon
MeizhouIslandthatdayandthevillagersheardbeautifulmusic
intheair.
Afterthis,manysailorsandfishermenclaimedthatLinMo,always
dresdinred,ult,
a-farersstartedthepracticeofprayingtoimagesofMaZufor
safejourneys.
TianFuGong(ThianHockKengTemple)
inTelokAyerStreetis
plewasapopularplaceofworshipfor
theChinecommunityastheycametogivethanksfortheirsafe
arrivalinSingaporewhilethesailorscametoprayforsafe
journeysontheirnexttrip.
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