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Mazu
Statue at Lin Moniang Park in Tainan
Traditional Chinese媽祖
Simplified Chinese妈祖
Literal meaning"Mother Ancestor"
Lin Moniang
Chinese林默娘
Popular names
Granny Mazu
Traditional Chinese媽祖婆
Simplified Chinese妈祖婆
Literal meaningGranny Mazu
Queen of Heaven
Chinese天后
Literal meaningCelestial Empress
Heavenly Consort
Chinese天妃
Literal meaningCelestial Concubine
Holy Heavenly Mother
Traditional Chinese天上聖母
Simplified Chinese天上圣母
Literal meaningHeavenly-&-Sacred Mother

Mazu or Matsu is a Chinese sea goddess in Chinese folk religion, Chinese Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism. She is also known by several other names and titles. Mazu is the deified form of Lin Moniang, a shamaness from Fujian who is said to have lived in the late 10th century. After her death, she became revered as a tutelary deity of Chinese seafarers, including fishermen and sailors. Her worship spread throughout China's coastal regions and overseas Chinese communities throughout Southeast Asia, where some Mazuist temples are affiliated with famous Taiwanese temples. Mazu was traditionally thought to roam the seas, protecting her believers through miraculous interventions. She is now generally regarded by her believers as a powerful and benevolent Queen of Heaven.

Mazu worship is popular in Taiwan because many early Chinese settlers in Taiwan were Hoklo people from Fujian. Her temple festival is a major event in Taiwan, with the largest celebrations occurring in and around her temples at Dajia and Beigang.

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