Chinese man man's faith, mazu statue

Mazu, with the center of southeast China coastal sea of faith, is also called the celestial queen, days later, the sky of Notre Dame, niang mother, etc., is in , travelers, businessmen, seafarers and fishermen common belief in the divine. Mazu, formerly known as Lin Mo (960) of the first year of Song Jianlong lunar March 23, was born in putian meizhou island , because of difficult to rescue sea song taizong YongXi four years (987), died on the ninth day of the ninth month in [4]. [5]
At present, [48] a total of 46 countries and regions all over the world of spirit from the first mazu temple points of joss, more than 300 million people believe in matsu.
In the 1980 s, the United Nations agencies awarded mazu "Irene" title. on September 30, 2009 , matsu common by United Nations educational, scientific and cultural organization is a formal letter on human intangible cultural heritage [8], become the country's first letter vulgar world heritage and the human common spiritual wealth.