Mazu crossed the sea in golden body. Photo by Zhu Lihua
Mazu’s golden body crossing the sea. Photo by Zhu Lihua
China News Service Meizhou Island, August 9 (Lin Chunyin and Cheng Liting) China News Service reporters learned from the Mazu Temple in Meizhou, Fujian on the 9th that a Mazu statue that had been separated from the temple after a journey of more than a month, died on the 8th Arrive in Kaohsiung, Taiwan smoothly in the afternoon.
Mazu’s golden body rises. Photographed by Zhu Lihua
Meizhou Mazu Temple Board Director Du Jianxian said that due to the global epidemic, a large number of Taiwanese Mazu admirers are unable to come to Meizhou Mazu Temple in person to respectfully pray for Mazu. This year, there are only a few overseas ghosts. For convenience, welcome , are all small statues of gods. This time, the Mazu Goddess is 4.2 feet tall, "slightly larger than the golden statue of Mazu that visited Taiwan before. The trip is not easy, so it is especially precious."
Mazu belief is one of the most common traditional folk beliefs in Taiwan. According to incomplete statistics, there are more than 10,000 Mazu statues separated from the Meizhou Mazu Temple in Taiwan. Since 1987, Taiwanese Mazu admirers have flocked to Meizhou for pilgrimage, forming a spectacular "Mazu fever".
Mazu crosses the sea on a golden boat. Photographed by Zhu Lihua
This time Mazu’s spirit was transferred to the Yuzhi Daitian Temple in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The separation ceremony was held on July 30 at the Tianhou Temple of the Mazu Ancestral Temple in Meizhou. Cai Baoyuan, director-general of Yuzhi Daitian Palace in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, told reporters that the incense-cutting and burning ceremony was entrusted to representatives of Taiwanese friends in the mainland. "It is a pity that we cannot be there to welcome you in person."
Cai Baoyuan said that everyone has been preparing for a long time to invite Mazu to be separated this time. Because the palace temple is under construction, Mazu will be seated in the Donggang Zhenxiu Jingshe first. After the Yuzhidai Heavenly Palace is completed, an auspicious day will be selected to invite Mazu to sit there. And serves as the Zhendian Mazu of Yuzhi Daitian Palace.
htmlOn July 30, the ceremony of cutting incense and burning fire and issuing certificates was held. Photographed by Cheng Liting html On the afternoon of August 8, after more than a month of journey, the 4.2-foot soft body Mazu finally arrived in Taiwan successfully. Cai Baoyuan and his entourage from Yuzhi Daitian Temple in Kaohsiung, Taiwan went to Taiwan Taoyuan Airport to greet him, and chose an auspicious time to enthrone Mazu in the Donggang Zhenxiu Jingshe. "Everyone was so excited when they saw Mazu coming. They all prayed to Mazu for peace and success," Cai Baoyuan said.
html arrived at Taiwan Taoyuan Airport on August 8th Zhu Lihua Photo "The epidemic has blocked cross-strait exchanges." Du Jianxian said that in the past few decades, whether it was the "Kaitai mothers" brought by immigrants during the Yan Siqi and Zheng Zhilong periods, or the "Kaitai mothers" brought by immigrants in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. 2. During Zheng Chenggong's period, there were "Chuanzi Ma" and "Hujun Ma", as well as later "Meizhou Ma", "Wenling Ma", "Yintong Ma", etc., all the Mazu temples that traced their origins to Meizhou have continued. A group was organized to come to Meizhou to pay homage to their ancestors and offer incense, "I hope that the two sides of the Taiwan Strait will continue to get closer and closer after the epidemic." (End)
Source: China News Network
