Fujian Daily·New Fujian Client April 23 (Reporter Lin Jianbo, Correspondent Huang Hanye, Wang Xueyu, Huang Guomin, Guo Linxia Text/Photo) Praise of the Five Continents of Mercy, and the goddess of great love singing the four seas. April 23rd, the 23rd day of the third lunar month, the 1062nd anniversary of the birth of Mazu . A total of 114 representatives of Mazu Temples from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau and the Mainland gathered at the Tianhou Temple of Xianlianggang, North Bank, Putian to commemorate the 1062nd anniversary of Mazu's birth and participated in the " Mazu Returns to My Parent's Home " sacrificial ceremony. The live broadcast link was also broadcast, and compatriots from all over the world participated in the Millennium Fair.
At around 9 am, the gongs were ringing and the whistle horns were roaring; the ceremonial guard was majestic, and the sound shook all directions. The square formation of Mazu palaces and temples in various places escorted Mazu's imperial carriage and Mazu's holy statue along Lingci West Palace and Lingci East Palace to the pilgrimage square of Tianhou's Ancestral Temple in Xianlianggang. Then, a grand folk art street-tracking event began. The teams participating in it were like a giant dragon winding through, which was spectacular. Wherever you pass along the way, each Mazu temple and residents set up incense tables, burn firewood, burn incense in the road, welcome the car and pray for blessings, gathering into a thick folk cultural landscape.
Visit Mazu together and share peace. At 11 o'clock, at the pilgrimage square of the Queen's Temple in Xianlianggang, many people admired by Mazu attended the ceremony in sequence and participated in the blessing ceremony. The celebrant held the "Salute for the Order" plaque and announced the "Salute Cannon", followed by thirteen golden gongs and incense, then performed three kneelings and nine kowtows to Mazu, read the sacrificial texts, perform five tributes, burning gold and silk... The entire ceremony was solemn and grand.
"The two sides of the Taiwan Strait have the same clan, the same origin and ancestor. Mazu's spirit of great love for morality, doing good and doing good is also the tradition we have always followed." Lin Chen Guohao, a Taiwanese entrepreneur and representative of Gongfan Palace in Mailiao, Taiwan, said that through this grand event, we will promote the integration of cross-strait culture, and pray for peace, peace and peace, and good weather on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. During the
event, Taiwan Mazu Association, Dajia Zhenlan Palace , Taipei Putian Association, Lugang Xing'an Palace, Taiwan Palace, Putian Wenfeng Palace, Pinghai Tianhou Palace and other cross-strait palaces and temples were connected to participate in the 1062nd anniversary of Mazu's birth and the "Mazu Returns to My Parent's Home" sacrificial ceremony, realizing the worship of Mazu in the clouds and praying for world peace online.
"Although this sacrificial ceremony is relatively small, its specifications remain unchanged." Lin Zidi, chairman of the board of directors of the Empress of the Eternal Temple of Xianlianggang, said that through cloud prayers, live broadcasts to the world, praying for blessings together, and hopes that the epidemic will subside as soon as possible.
It is reported that the sacrificial custom of "Mazu returns to her mother's home" is one of the important contents of the world's intangible cultural heritage Mazu's belief activities. The "Mazu Returns to My Parent's Home" sacrificial customs activity is a link and bridge for cultural exchanges between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and even the world. It deepens the connection between the Xiangmazu Temple and the Tianhou Temple in Xianlianggang, and promotes the widespread inheritance of Mazu's belief culture.
Source: Fujian Daily Client
