Legend of Mazhu

Mazhu is the southeast coast of China as the center of Poseidon faith, also known as Our Lady of heaven, days, days after the Goddess, of Goddess, Goddess Tianfei, Meizhou mother mother and so on. Mazu lifetime Fujian local witch Lin Mo, the short life dedicated to helping local fishermen, leaving a lot of supernatural rumors. And after the death of Lin Mo, revered by the people of Fujian, Fujian became the local Department of God Faith sea goddess. Since the Song to Qing, Lin Mo closure of gifts continued, she also became the guardian goddess of fishermen sailors, the patron saint of the Sea Merchants even water transport industry, both of Poseidon, God of the nature of the industry, the patron saint of children. Mazu belief, from the outset, is rooted in Fujian folk, rooted among the fishermen sailors. Coastal areas of Mazu worship, absolutely not ideal for religious transcendence, that is called Nirvana, liberation of the road. Instead, Mazu belief that life and production activities in the coastal peoples closely related to the coastal people will own happiness, peace prayer life, and placed the girl in the Song Lin Mo Niang body.In occasion of the Yuan and Ming Mazu belief to grow, Taoism and Buddhism are committed to absorb Mazu belief, resulting in a "Lord Lao Zi said Tianfei revered by efficacious" (orthodox Taoist god hole Department article class) as the representative of the religious texts. Mazu existing mythology, legend of both Buddhist Goddess of Mercy incarnate, there Taoist style "peep well have character" enlightenment story. However, preaching religious propaganda, but no match for the coastal people of Matsu kinship to this production and they live in close connection with the goddess, from this perspective, Matsu not belong to a religious idol and rigid, but belongs to the gods of the people of coastal China . Chinese name Matsu (Lin Mo) Other names Our Lady of heaven, the holy day of the Virgin, days, days after the Goddess, of Goddess, Goddess Tianfei, Meizhou mother mom Belongs Poseidon Habitation Putian Meizhou County (now Fujian Putian City Meizhou Island ) Secretary palmEscort HuYu Symbolic Ocean ParentsLin father is willing; mother Wang Believe in the regionChinese coast, South Korea, Japan, Vietnam Origin Fujian

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