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Located in the middle of the north-south channel in the southeast of Shantou, about 3.6 nautical miles from the city, there is an area of less than one square kilometer, the ancient name of the "Ma Yu" island, where every year there are tens of thousands of fishing boats and other ships anchored to take shelter from the winds or wait for the voyage.
During the Chunxi era of the last dynasty, the fishermen of the Fujian fishing boats moored on Mayu sought the blessing of Mazu for safe voyages on the sea, and the local boat people and merchants went to the Meizhou group of temples in Fujian Province to invite Mazu's incense and create a small and simple Mazu temple on the island for pilgrimage. Since then, more and more people have come to the island to worship the goddess of the sea, and "Ma Yu" has gradually been renamed "A-Ma Yu".
With the A-Ma Temple, the holy relics of A-Ma soon spread to all parts of Chaoshan. After the pilgrimage, they would bring live chickens and release them on the island, letting them breed, and in the long run, the mountain was full of chickens, so "A-Ma Island" was also known as "Chicken Mountain".
Jieyang Qiaolin Tian Hou Gong
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Located in Jieyang City, Guangdong Province, Dongshan District, Qiaolin Township, building area of more than 2,000 square meters, the shape of an ocean-going ship ship building, the bow of the ship is engraved with a plaque, "Anlan Water Qing", in praise of the goddess of the sea, Zuigu. The temple was built in three palace style. The top of the middle hall built octagonal dry well, both ventilation and light and magnificent and beautiful. The main hall enshrines the statue of Zuigu, alongside the maid and the statue of Qianliye and Shunfeng'er. Ancestral Nun statue is both strong and kind, highlighting the image of the Holy Nun in addition to violence and evil to save the suffering. Temple beams and columns carved in meticulous detail, the top of the temple inlaid porcelain skillfully. Temple of the right in front of the Pavilion and can be cooled by the guests to rest in the book, the front of the corridor there are records of successive generations of re-maintenance of the stone inscription. Palace Temple surrounded by country rivers, floating light reflection, the scenery is quiet, famous far.
Tianhou Sacred Nun is the direct lineage of the Qiaolin Qing Lin's sister-in-law, the Southern Song Dynasty, Zuigu's sixth-generation grandson Tao Gong (a secret Wenxi), serving as deputy ambassador of the Guangdong Tidings Inspection Department, touring in Chaoshan, the view of the Rongjiang River is a piece of Panxi land rich in soil and materials, leaving the third son Chong (a secret Degao) divined and set up a residence to create the Qiaolin Township. The second public from Fujian Putu Shan County Hantou Wang Jiang Li invited Zuigu incense, build a temple to honor. The ancestors of Qiaolin have always revered Zuigu, and now more than 100,000 villagers (including overseas Chinese) are also very devoted to Zuigu. Whenever the Zuigu Christmas are enthusiastic donations to celebrate. The three natural villages in the township take the village as a unit, every February 21, led by the elders wearing dresses, displaying colorful flags, playing drums and music to the holy temple to invite Zuigu incense to the altar. Every family prepares gifts and makes a sincere pilgrimage. In front of the altar of the gods set up a high stage, each village performs pear (theater) for three days. Palace in front of the god sandalwood incense fire is more abundant, also high theater stage performance two days. The whole township designed four altar of God three days **** perform 12 big plays. After the celebration, but also the entire team of gongs and drums to send Zugu incense into the temple. In order to make the Zugu incense more prosperous, the townspeople also set up a Tin Hau Palace Council Group, the members of the group selected by the three natural villages. In the past ten years, under the active management of the council group, the temple affairs of Tin Hau Temple have been developing continuously.
In 1995, the site behind the old Tin Hau Temple was cleaned up and a "Tin Hau Garden" was built. After the completion of the garden has ancient trees, rockery, fishponds, pavilions, pavilions and the Imperial Palace. The imperial edict gallery erected in the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing emperors of the four dynasties on the Zugu's sealing and granting of the Holy Decree of the 46 road masterpiece stone carved in gold characters of the stele forest, which is one of the country's few, but also the descendants of the Lin's major initiatives to promote the greatness of Zugu. For the convenience of the majority of visitors, in 2000, the townspeople offered land to build a parking lot for visitors. Recently added a large stone incense burner worth nearly 10,000 yuan. The council group also saves unnecessary expenses and contributes a large amount of money to assist the township in building a junior high school, repairing bridges and roads, erecting large stone-carved township boundary monuments, and setting up township boundary road marking lamps, etc., so as to demonstrate the virtues of ZuGu through practical actions. A few days ago, the Council is actively carrying out the Qiaolin Tianhougong included in the Jieyang City level of cultural relics protection unit of the declaration work.
Tianhou Palace in Zhijiang
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On the west bank of the Maishui River, across the river from the county seat. Qing Dynasty Tongzhi eight years (1869) Zhijiang County Records: "Qianlong thirteen years (1748) Fujian Hakmin founded." Occupies an area of more than 3700 square meters, now preserved building area of 1970 square meters. Sitting in the west towards the east, the north and south built ear room, the middle three into; theater, the main hall, Guanyin Hall, the left is the God of Wealth Hall, the right is the Temple of Martial Sacrifice and Wutong God Hall, combing building has been demolished, built fire pool. All the buildings are structurally complete. After liberation, stationed in the power plant, township government, finance and trade school. The upper cover of the building to maintain the original state, the lower part with the need to convert into dormitories, classrooms, restaurants. For people to praise is the door of the stone relief.
Fang 10.6 meters high, 6.3 meters wide, heavy eaves, doorway shape. On both sides of the lion crouching, stone drums face each other; top arch flying rafters, twelve gold carp bite ridge, gourd save tip; around the blue stone paving platform, around the kui long, rules and regulations of the dragon balustrade; the middle of the seventeen stone steps immediately along the river avenue. Faced with the torrent of water, the gate looks particularly majestic.
Fang on the relief, where 95. Large 2.62 square meters, small 0.09 square meters. Fish, dragons, phoenixes and lions, flowers, plants, trees and bamboo, gods, ghosts and immortals, vivid and realistic image, the picture is clear as before. Or a canon for one, or several for one according to. Hua?quot;Fish and woodcutter singing and "and" plowing and reading for this "relative, side columns of eight for the" Eight Immortals floating in the sea "," Danfeng Chaoyang "," Two Dragons fight for pearls "," lion rolling embroidered ball "," eight kings patrol the sky "," Kuixing point bucket "," Lianlian three levels "...... carved, hollow engraved deep, can be described as a ghostly work of art." Five dragons arch saint" in the "Tin Hau Palace" three big words, with thick and rounded; "Wuhan three towns", "Luoyang Bridge", the knife is delicate and subtle. Visiting experts in the art of stone carving, all praised the workshop craftsmanship is unique.
In 1979, Tin Hau Temple has been announced as a county-level cultural relics protection units, in 1983, the stone Square announced as a provincial-level cultural relics protection units. There is a constant stream of visitors in spring, summer, fall and winter. Zhejiang Shengsi County Tianhou Palace Located in Jinping Township, Jinji Plain, built in the first year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1862), 1949 "Shengsi Islands in the Endeavour", "Jinji Ao within the Tianhou Palace Temple, the temple is very large, the whole mountain *** built", the existing front hall, is the only remaining ancient buildings in the county. The former hall is divided into the main hall, the left and right two side halls. The temple is neat and tidy, decorative simplicity, the main door above the cave wall, around each engraved with a religious theme of relief. On the left and right walls outside the door, each engraved with a pattern of a golden chicken flying with a certain degree of artistry. (Shengsi County Records, Part I, Jianzhu P17, Shengsi Toponymic Records, Volume 4, Scenic Spots P208)
Tianhou Palace, Nansha, Panyu, Guangzhou
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On the 23rd day of March of the Lunar Calendar, the Birthday of the Heavenly Empress was celebrated at the Nansha Heavenly Empress Palace
Tianhou Linmu (天后林默), (960 - 987) known as Ma Ma to the public, was the first person in the world to be honored by a religious ceremony. - 987), known as Mazu in folklore, is a sea goddess worshipped by coastal people. She was a woman from Meizhou Island, Fujian Province, in the Song Dynasty. Her short life left behind many touching legends about her good deeds and her rescue of people in distress at sea. She has been highly praised by the rulers of the country. People gradually worshiped her as a god. According to information, now there are more than 100 million people in the world believe in Tin Hau, there are more than 20 countries and regions built Tin Hau Palace, which shows its far-reaching influence.
Ming Dynasty, Nansha Lujia Village had built a temple of Tianfei for the predecessor of Nansha Tianhou Palace. Qing Qianlong years, by the renovation of the name of "Yuanjun ancient temple", after the Japanese barbarians bombed. In 1994, Mr. Henry Fok, Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and a famous industrialist, took the initiative and donated funds to rebuild the Nansha Tin Hau Temple, and a grand inauguration ceremony was held on the 23rd day of the 3rd lunar month in 1996 (the birthday of Tin Hau). The reconstructed Nansha Tin Hau Temple is situated at the southeast foot of Nansha Dajiao Mountain, facing the vast Lingding Sea. 1.5 hectares of the square stands the beautiful and kindly giant statue of Tin Hau. The characteristics of the building are a combination of the style of the Forbidden City in Beijing and the grandeur of the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in Nanjing, and its scale is the largest of its kind in the world today. Here the grass and trees are lush and green, the flowers are colorful, and there are willow ponds, towering Nanling Pagoda, and elegant small mountain pavilions. The ambiguous sun is clear and smoky, and the cool breeze is pleasant. The birds in the trees sing freely, and the colorful butterflies dance among the flowers. A peaceful scene, so that tourists forget to return.
Inside the scenic area, there are more Dajiao Mountain Fortress, and Dongguan Shajiao Fortress to watch each other. When the Opium War, the nitrate rolled, wrote down the Chinese people against British imperialism can be a tragic page. Nowadays, the remains of the walls of the fort, can be traced vaguely. The state has been listed as a key protection of cultural relics. It has gradually become a patriotic education base, and is a good place for young people to visit to learn and remember. --------------------------- Nansha Tianhou Preface ---------------------
Tianhou - Lin Mo (960-987 AD), known to the people as "A-Ma Zu", is recognized as the protector god of the sea in China and even in the world. It is recognized as the god of protection of the sea in China and the world.
The Queen of Heaven, although one of China's folk beliefs, is not an imaginary god or idol, but a real person, a brave and fearless person, and a person full of magical colors. She was a woman, in the sea of Meizhou Bay, wading in the waves of the risk, to save the emergency; she has been in the name of God, inspired Zheng He voyage fleet of officers and men, with one heart and soul, to achieve the world's maritime history of the great feats of ---- seven to the West; she has been in the embodiment of justice, inspired by the patriotic zeal of the Zheng Chenggong heroes from the hands of the Dutch colonialists, the motherland's sacred territory of Taiwan was recovered; she has always been the source of love! She has always been a source of love, overflowing with millions of Chinese seafarers and overseas Chinese hearts, blessing them to travel all over the world
Tianhou, originally a common folk woman in the Song Dynasty, in a short life, leaving behind countless rescue and relief of the world's touching deeds, to win the admiration of the present and future generations. Later, according to numerous myths and legends, people gradually worshiped her as a god, forming a kind of folk belief. For more than a thousand years, there have been temples of Tin Hau in many towns along the coast of China, as well as inland ports along the rivers, up to the ancient city of Southwest China like Guizhou Town; in Taiwan, there are more than 800 temples of Tin Hau, and two-thirds of the people worship Tin Hau; and in Hong Kong and Macao, A-Ma's name has long been known to all households.
In addition, in Southeast Asia, Canada, the United States, Australia, African countries, and even in Northern Europe, Norway and Denmark, as long as there are Chinese seafarers and overseas Chinese, there will be the footprints of Tin Hau, and there will be people who worship Tin Hau.
The life of Tin Hau
According to the records of Meizhou Zhi and Taiwan's Lin's Taizong Genealogy, Tin Hau's surname was Lin, her first name was Mo, and she lived in Xianliang Harbor, Putian, Fujian. Her father, Weiquan (one says the name is willing), was an inspector of Gongdu at the beginning of the Song Dynasty; her mother, Wang, gave birth to a boy (named Hongyi) and five daughters. Song Jianlong no year (960 years) Gengchen March 23rd born
Six women, the month of not hearing cries, different, because the name is said to be silent, very loved. At the age of seven years old to teach the study, all understand the meaning of the text. 10 years old, like to sit quietly in a room. At the age of 12, an old Taoist priest Xuan Tong came to his home and taught him the secret method of Xuan Wei. At the age of fifteen, he was able to treat the sick and often traveled to Meizhou to rescue ships in distress. In September of his fall, his father and brother floated north, when the west wind was blowing rapidly and the waves were shaking, the woman was weaving on the machine, she suddenly closed her eyelashes and looked different, holding the shuttle and stepping on the machine shaft, as if she had something to hold on to, his mother blamed him for his false sleep, and stroked him to wake up while the shuttle crashed to the ground, and she said, "Father is fine, but my brother is dead! Then my father returned and said that he had drowned many times in the angry waves, and it seemed that there was a main rudder to make the two boats close to each other, and finally my father's boat was out of danger, and my brother's boat sank with its rudder folded. The next day, female and mother, sister-in-law boat into the sea, found brother's body. The townspeople called her a goddess. 28 years old September 9, don't all sisters day: "Today I want to travel far to free your mind, hate not to go with." His family laughed at him. I crossed the sea and went to the highest place of Maebong, where I heard the sound of drums and music and colorful clouds, but I couldn't see her. When Yongxi four years (987 years) DingHai, li people build a temple in its place to worship.
---------------------------Attractions------------------------ Nansha Tin Hau Temple was built with reference to the A-Ma Temple in Meizhou, Fujian Province (which is the ancestral temple of A-Ma Temple), covering an area of 100 hectares. Its overall architecture is of the Qing Dynasty palace style, solemn and dignified, with a very palace-like atmosphere. The statue of Tin Hau is 14.5 meters high and stands in the 1.5 hectare Tin Hau Temple Square. The whole Tianhou Palace is surrounded by green trees, smoke curls up in the temple, in which people have a feeling of transcendence.
The huge stone statue of Tin Hau standing in the square of Tin Hau Palace is made of 365 granite stones, symbolizing that the Goddess of Heavenly Hau blesses the country with good weather and prosperity for 365 days in a year. In the center of the square, we can clearly see a central axis, the buildings of Nansha Tin Hau Temple are built according to this central axis
Plaque Former Chairman of the National Religious Association, Mr. Zhao Puchu, wrote an inscription for the plaque during his lifetime. Passing through the pagoda, you will arrive at the mountain gate. The gate is the main entrance of Tianhougong, and the two deities "Thousand Miles Eyes" and "Shun Feng Er" are enshrined in the interior.
The gate is flanked by a bell tower and a drum tower. The bells and drums in the Bell and Drum Towers ring on a regular basis. During festivals, the bells and drums ring in unison, creating a joyous atmosphere
The Hall of Dedication is located directly above the gate. Inside the hall is enshrined the "Heavenly Empress of the Sea", while the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas stand on both sides with their kyu, implying that the Goddess of Heavenly Empress is in charge of the peace and good fortune of the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas
The main hall is the center of the Nansha Tin Hau Temple, where the wooden shrines are enshrined with the statue of the Heavenly Empress carved in fragrant sandalwood and plastered with gold and the image of a soft-bodied Tin Hau who went on a tour of the country with the eyes and eyes of A-Mazu Temple of Maejo, which is the hometown of the Heavenly Empress. The statue of the soft-bodied Tin Hau is enshrined in the carved shrine. The whole hall is full of love and majesty, righteousness and holiness
The bedchamber is located after the main hall and is the resting place of Tin Hau, where a seated image of Tin Hau in plain clothes is enshrined, and the two sides are decorated with utensils and ornaments imitating the daily life of Tin Hau. From this boudoir, you can see the Queen of Heaven is a very hard and simple folk woman
Nanling Pagoda Tower 45 meters high, **** 8 floors. According to legend, there are four reasons to build the tower: First, the tower can balance the right side of the higher Dajiao Mountain's main peak; Second, the so-called "left dragon" said; Third, the Queen of Heaven is the god of the sea, there must be a building to guide the way navigation here; Fourth, the tower as a building people climbed to look out at the building, it is also a marker. At the same time, the number of floors of the tower is 8, the reason why it is an even number, unlike other towers with odd numbers, is because there is an unwritten rule in the folklore, that is, the code of the male gods and goddesses is odd, and the code of the female gods and goddesses is even. Tin Hau is a goddess, so in Tin Hau Palace, the number of characters in the steps, corrugations and couplets (upper or lower couplets) are all in even numbers.
The Life Release Pond is a place where visitors can release their own babies, so it is said that planting good karma will bring good results. It is a good deed to release the life, so every year a large number of tourists come here to release the life.
Dajiaoshan Fortress is a national key cultural relics protection unit. During the Opium War and the Anti-Japanese War, brave Chinese soldiers and civilians fought to the death against foreign invaders here and wrote a magnificent poem that can be sung and cried. The fortress was officially listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit by the State Council in 1982. Local governments at all levels and relevant departments attach great importance to the Dajiaoshan Fortress as a cultural relic, specializing in allocating huge sums of money for restoration, and on the eve of the return of Hong Kong's sovereignty in 1997, it was opened to the majority of tourists. Now open to tourists of the seven batteries are: Zhenwei Terrace, Zhending Terrace, An platform, Ansheng Terrace, Anwei Terrace, Anding Terrace, Ansheng Terrace (later renamed Meteor Terrace), etc., as well as gunpowder bureau that is, the oceanic ammunitions depot a
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Humen is a major mouthpiece of the Pearl River and an important gateway to South China, Humen is a major gateway to the Pearl River, Humen is a major gateway to the South China. important gateway to South China, Humen Fortress is one of the eight major fortresses in China and was the main battlefield of the Opium War. Humen Fortress was built in the fifty-sixth year of the Kangxi (1717) years, after several destroyed, several times built, *** counted 50 turrets. Dajiao Mountain Fortress is located on the west bank of Humen, and Shajiao Fortress across the river, holding the exit of Humen waterway, constituting the first line of defense of Humen Fortress. After the Second Opium War, Dajiaoshan Fortress was added as eight fortresses: Zhenyang, Zhenwei, Zhending, Anping, Anding, Anwei, Ansheng, Ansheng, etc., which were distributed on the north and south mountain beams. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the British colonialists imported large quantities of opium into China, just as the critical moment of tobacco poisoning threatened the survival of China, the Minister Lin Zexu went to Guangdong anti-smoking, and the Governor of the two provinces Deng Yenzhen, the governor of the navy, such as Guan Tianpei, to rectify the sea defense, the arrest of tobacco traffickers, and severely punished the bribe officials, and June 3 to 25 in Humen beach destroyed 237 kilograms of opium, a big growth of the Chinese people's morale. Britain had been planning its invasion of China for a long time, clamoring that it would "use force to teach the Chinese Government to understand its foreign obligations". In late June 1840, 48 ships of the British expeditionary force to invade China and more than 15,000 men of the army and navy arrived at the sea of Guangdong and announced that they would blockade the river and the sea port of Guangzhou from the 28th onwards, and the First Opium War, which shocked the Chinese and foreigners alike, formally broke out. June 30 of the same year, the British army north, captured the Zhejiang Dinghai, the ship arrived in Tianjin, Beijing, Daoguang Emperor deterred by the threat of British ship fire, Lin Zexu, Deng Yanzhen two dismissed, and sent Qishan as Minister of Qin, and the British side of the negotiations for peace. In January 1841, when the two sides were negotiating, the British army suddenly attacked Humen and then illegally seized Hong Kong on January 26th. January 7, 1841, the British attacked Tai Kok and Sha Kok Battery at the same time, the left British **** four ships more than 1,400 people, 110 guns, to the Tai Kok Battery bombardment, and sent a small boat to seize the beachhead, the Tai Kok Battery thousand general Lai Chi On, led by more than 200 officers and men to fight bravely, fought in a bloodbath, but ultimately outnumbered, the bulk of the casualties, the Tai Kok Battery fell into the enemy's hands. In October 1856, the second Opium War broke out, the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi Ye Ming-chen took the surrender route, the British and French allied forces took advantage of the situation, the Dajiao Fortress was once again trapped on the 23rd of the same month. The beast of imperialist aggression, to the Chinese people put on the heavy yoke of semi-feudal semi-colonial, this national shame, we should never forget.
Lufeng Tiger Island Tin Hau Kung
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Hu Island Tin Hau Kung is located in Lufeng City, the lower reaches of the Luo River on the east bank of the lamps under the mountain, 5 kilometers from the land city, convenient transportation.
According to records: as early as in the South Song Xianchun years (1266-1277 AD), the people of Fujian Province due to the disaster to the east of Guangdong Province in the Great Migration in the Dengfeng Mountain under the settlement of the living, bringing the A-Ma God. At present, most of the 20,000 people in the 18 villages are A-Ma Zu believers. Originally a small temple, the palace was built as a large temple during the Hongwu era (1370) of the Ming Dynasty, more than 600 years ago.
Tianhou Temple on Tiger Island has been rebuilt many times with the support of the local government and relevant departments, and with strong donations from A-Ma followers. The temple includes the front and rear halls, the worship pavilion and the hall on both sides of the room, more than 540 square meters, the council building a building, more than 200 square meters. The scope of the temple is more than 2,000 square meters. Palace for the sulfur-glazed tile flying eaves, the roof of the front decorated with three-dimensional "double-dragon playing pearls", the Hall Pavilion on both sides of the "dragon and tiger" patio. Palace of cultural relics, although by the "Cultural Revolution" destruction, but there are still surviving. Such as the hall hanging in the middle of the "after Germany with the sky", "one six generation" plaque, and "after Germany with the sky of the spirit of the spirit of the ancient sound have he, the mother said the holy thousands of autumn and beans re-light" Three pairs of wooden couplets, such as "Yingfeng protects the country for a thousand years, and the people are safe for a thousand years", were presented by social celebrities in the Daoguang era of the Qing Dynasty. At the same time, it also preserves four statues of gods and banana stoves from the Qing Dynasty. Now the leaders of the temple council are cooperating with the relevant departments to carry out the construction of highways, building public toilets and other charitable works. Determined to carry forward the culture of Mazu, building a harmonious society more dedication.