Followers may implore the god for pregnancy, peace, the solution to a problem or general well-being. Deeply integrated into the lives of coastal Chinese and their descendants, belief in and ...

The temple dedicated to the goddess Mazu in Hsinchu, Taiwan, in 2016. OUTLOOKXP / CC-BY-SA 4.0 On the roof of the building, ornamental dragons dance like a raging ocean. Located in the center of ...

Two statues of the Chinese sea goddess Mazu boarding Xiamen Airlines flight MF881 departfrom Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport on March 29. Photo: Chinanews. com Two statues of the Chinese sea ...

Some 120 young people from the Chinese mainland and Taiwan arrive at the Meizhou Mazu Temple on Meizhou Island, Fujian province, on Nov 24, to worship and pay tribute to the sea goddess.

People touch a tortoise made with some 29.4 metric tons of rice for good wishes at a Mazu temple in Quanzhou, Fujian province, on Feb 10, Lantern Festival. Coorganized by Mazu temples in Quanzhou ...