Zheng Mingkun (left), president of the Taiwan Mazu Association, shakes hands with Chen Qiuping, director of the Fujian Provincial Local Chronicles Compilation Committee. Photo by Lu Ming
China News Service Fujian Meizhou Island October 17th (Lin Chunyin Li Li) On the 17th, the Fujian Provincial Local Chronicles Compilation Committee (hereinafter referred to as the Fujian Local Chronicles Committee) jointly Meizhou Mazu Ancestral Temple Board of Directors, Taiwan Mazu The association held a completion ceremony for the compilation project of "Mazu Cultural Chronicle" on Meizhou Island, Putian City, Fujian Province, the "hometown of Mazu". Nearly a thousand Taiwanese Mazu believers and representatives of overseas Mazu temples attended the grand occasion.
"Mazu Culture Chronicles" is the first Mazu Culture special journal co-edited by both sides of the Taiwan Strait. The compilation started in 2009. The Fujian Party Zhizhi Committee and the Taiwan Mazu Association jointly organized experts and scholars from both sides of the Taiwan Strait for 8 years to compile "Mazu Palaces and Temples" and Cultural Relics and Historical Sites", "Mazu Ceremony, Activities and Folk Customs", "Mazu Literature, Art and Academic Research", and "Mazu Belief Organization" in four volumes. For the first time, this journal provides a more comprehensive and systematic account of the formation, development, dissemination and influence of Mazu beliefs, and promotes the Mazu spirit of "accumulating good deeds, establishing virtue, and having great love".
The completion ceremony of the compilation project of "Mazu Cultural Chronicles" was held on Meizhou Island. Photo by Lu Ming
Chen Qiuping, director of the Fujian Local Records Committee, said that "Mazu Culture Chronicles" will hold a series of launch and presentation ceremonies in Taiwan next year, and will present "Mazu Culture Chronicles" to Taiwan Dajia Zhenlan Palace and other Taiwanese Mainly Mazu Temple, as well as the Museum of World Religions, New Taipei City Library, Fo Guang Shan Mahayana Temple, Lingjiu Mountain Wusheng Dojo, Fu Jen Catholic University and other related institutions.
Tang Bingchun, an expert on Mazu culture and deputy director of the Propaganda Department of Putian Municipal Party Committee, believes that the "Mazu Culture Chronicle" co-edited by both sides of the Taiwan Strait "is a chronicle, a museum, and an art gallery and academic lecture hall of Mazu culture."
Zheng Mingkun, president of the Taiwan Mazu Association, said that experts and scholars from both sides of the Taiwan Strait spent eight years visiting thousands of palaces and temples to record the culture and history of Mazu. "It is very meaningful for future generations to remember it."
"Mazu Cultural Chronicles" was compiled by experts and scholars from both sides of the Taiwan Strait jointly organized by the Fujian Party Committee and the Taiwan Mazu Association over a period of 8 years. Photographed by Lv Ming
Lin Jinzan, chairman of the board of directors of Meizhou Mazu Temple, said that the book shows Mazu commemorative activities in various places with Mazu rituals and folk customs as the core, which made him "see pictures of Mazu rituals and Mazu patrolling the world before his eyes" ".
On the same day, the Fujian Zhizhi Committee hired Zheng Mingkun, president of the Taiwan Mazu Association, He Dahuang, chairman of Xingang Fengtian Palace, Zhang Kezhong, chairman of Mailiao Gongfan Palace, and Chen Zhengxin, chairman of Yilan Nanfang Ao Nantian Palace, to inherit and develop the excellent traditional Chinese culture ( Distinguished expert of Fujian and Taiwan Local Records Culture) Expert Committee.
In recent years, Fujian has compiled Taiwan-related journals such as "Fujian Provincial Chronicle·Fujian-Taiwan Relations", "Fujian Provincial Chronicle·Taiwan Compatriots Association Chronicle", compiled and published "Collection of Fujian and Taiwan Historical Local Chronicles", etc.; and established the country's first cross-strait Fangzhi service platform - "Fujian and Taiwan Fangzhi Wanxiang Hall". (End)
