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Meizhou Mazu Temple 湄洲妈祖祖庙Méizhōu Māzǔ Zǔmiào
5A scenic area · National heritage site · Putian, Fujian
- Time needed
- 1 day
- Days to budget
- 1 day
- City
- Putian
- Region
- Fujian
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- 5A scenic area, National heritage site
About Meizhou Mazu Temple
Meizhou Island, off the coast of Putian, is revered as the birthplace of Mazu, the sea goddess whose worship spread along the Chinese coast, to Taiwan and across South-East Asia. The ancestral temple on Woniu Hill, first built in 987, was almost entirely destroyed in the Cultural Revolution and has been rebuilt and greatly enlarged since the 1980s with donations from worshippers in China and abroad, especially from Taiwan. The whole island is a 5A scenic area devoted to Mazu culture, with a beach beyond the temple.
How to get to Meizhou Mazu Temple
By ferry from Wenjia pier on the Xiuyu District coast, which is roughly an hour by road south-east of Putian city.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Pinghai Tianhou Palace 平海天后宫 (20 km).
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