Draft:Meizhou Mazu Temple

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Tianhou Palace ([https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putian_dialect Putian dialect:, /ma˩˩ l ˦ tan˧ piau˩˩/), commonly known as Meizhou Mazu Temple , formerly known as Tongxian Ling Female Temple, is located on Meizhou Island, Xiuyu District, Putian City, Fujian Province, China, where the Goddess of Heaven is worshipped. Founded in the Northern Song Dynasty in 987, in 1966 the Cultural Revolution, except for the shrine of the Goddess and the Holy Parents of almost all destroyed, the temple was bulldozed, the gods were destroyed, incense was cut off. It was rebuilt in 1989.

History

「Meizhou Holy Land - Tin Hau Square (Meizhou Island)

Emperor Taizu of Songjianlong year one（960年）The 23rd of the third lunar month，mazeLin Mo Born inFujianPutianMeizhou Island。Mazu is a descendant of Lin, a prominent family in Fujian Province.

According to legend,Meizhou Island is the hometown of Mazu, and the place where she Shijie (Taoism) ascended to heaven.Xinghua Putian Meizhou Island Meizhou Mazu Temple was built in the Northern Song Dynasty Yongxi four years（987），The original small temple (Temple of the Goddess of Spirit) is located behind the temple of God Zhao. It is the earliest Mazu temple in the world. Expansion began during the Tiansheng period period (1023), and the ancestral temple at this time had begun to take shape.

During the Yuan Dynasty , the Mazu Temple was further expanded. Hong Xiwen, in his poem "The Imperial Palace of the Emperor Shengdun", described the scene of "the white walls live in the shade of the light, and the Hua-surface antler-horn suddenly passes the flying mountains", reflecting the architectural situation of Mazu Temple.

In the Ming-Dynasty , the temple was further expanded. In the seventh year of Hongwu (1374), Zhou Sat under the command of Quanzhou Wei presided over the reconstruction of the sleeping hall, incense pavilion, drum tower and mountain gate. In the early years of Yongle (1403), When Zheng He went to the West seven times, Because Mazu bless the meritorious service, the official was ordered to repair the temple. In the sixth year of Xuande (1431), before Zheng He's last voyage to the West, he personally prepared wood and stones with local officials to restore the ancestral temple.

The 20th year of Kangxi's reign (1681) was abolished and rebuilt. In 1683, Yao Qisheng , governor of Fujian Province, rebuilt the bell and drum Tower and the mountain gate, and changed the Tiantian Pavilion into the "New Main Hall". The people did not agree with Yao Qisheng's approach, and still called the "old Main Hall" (later called "Shenzhao Hall") the "Main Hall". So it was called "Prince Taibao Yao Gong Dian" (referred to as "Prince Taibao Dian" or "Prince Gong Dian"), and later called "Prince Hall".

In the twenty-third year of Kangxi (1684),Shi Lang , Marquis of Jinghai, added the Chaotian Pavilion, dressing room, Buddhist hall, and monk's room, and built the middle hall, Guanyin Pavilion, and land Temple according to the Stone ancestral Temple. At that time, there were five groups of buildings, 16 halls, and 99 rooms, rooms, zen rooms, and other buildings, which were on a grand scale.

The ancestral temple of Meizhou was destroyed during theCultural Revolution , but fortunately many temples in Taiwan contain the golden body of Meizhou Mazu, such as Lugang Tianhou Palace, Hsinchu Changhe Palace, Beigang Chaotian Palace, Nanzi Tianhou Palace, Salt Water Protection Palace, Qijin Tianhou Palace, etc. Since the 1980s, believers at home and abroad have donated money to rebuild the ancestral temple of Meizhou, with the largest contribution from Taiwan believers, and the existing buildings are basically rebuilt temples after the Cultural Revolution. Until today in 2023, as long as the holder of a Taiwan citizen's license takes a ferry to Meizhou Island at Wenjia Pier, the ferry ticket is only 20 yuan, which is a lot of discount compared to tourists from other places.