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Mazu ---- Huashan Village 1

2008.04.27

Mazu,the Goddess of the Sea,is widely worshipped in the south-eastern coastal areas of China and neighbouring areas, especially Zhejiang, Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, and Vietnam.

Her mortal name is Lin Moniang,According to legend, Lin Moniang was born in 960 (during the early Northern Song Dynasty) as the seventh daughter of Lin Yuan on Meizhou Island, Fujian. She did not cry when she was born, and thus her given name means "Silent Girl."

Starting from Fujian, worship of Mazu spread to the neighbouring coastal provinces of Zhejiang and Guangdong, and then to all coastal areas of mainland China.

Thanks my friend Luoxia.

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