Where is Mazu Tempel?

Mazu Tempel is located in Meizhou Island, Putian City, Fujian Province.

Mazu Tempel was built in 987, the 4th year of Yongxi in the Northern Song Dynasty. This is the birthplace of Mazu culture, and Mazu culture has been preserved here. It is also the pilgrimage center of Mazu believers around the world, the location of Mazu ruins and the base for cross-strait exchanges. On May 25th, 2006, the State Council, People's Republic of China (PRC) announced that Mazu Tempel was a national key cultural relic protection unit.

There are many places in Mazu Tempel in the world, and Mazu Tempel in Meizhou is the first Mazu Tempel in the world, which has historical value. Most of the buildings here are Qing Dynasty buildings. The lobby of Mazu Tempel complex is laid out with the central axis and built according to the terrain, forming a main temple road with a depth of 300 meters. The entrance of the main hall consists of 323 steps.

Description of Mazu Tempel, Meizhou

Meizhou Mazu Tempel consists of two buildings, the west axis and the south axis. On the west axis, there are 36 buildings, including memorial archway, promenade, mountain gate, Imperial Gate, Bell and Drum Tower, Ursa Major Hall, Sleeping Section, Chaotian Pavilion, Denglou, Buddha Hall, Guanyin Section, Wudi Temple, Zhongjuntang, Aixiangge, Longfeng Pavilion, Xiangke Villa and homesick Villa. This is a huge temple.

The main hall was built by Zheng He at the beginning of Yongle in Ming Dynasty (1403). It turned out to be Chaotian Pavilion. In the 22nd year of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty (1683), Yao Qisheng, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, was blessed by Mazu. When he expanded the ancestral hall, he rebuilt Chaotian Pavilion and changed it into the main hall, which was a cantilever structure with double eaves, three rooms wide and three rooms deep.

The sleeping hall covers an area of 238 square meters and was built in the fourth year of Song Yongxi (987). In the seventh year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1374), Quanzhou Wei commanded Zhou Zuo to rebuild, Yongle and Xuande were rebuilt for six years (143 1), Zheng He was rebuilt, Kangxi was rebuilt for twenty-two years (1683), Yao Qisheng and Shi Lang were rebuilt. It rests on the top of the mountain, with a single eaves, three rooms wide and two rooms deep. Ink calligraphy, which was rebuilt in the early years of the Republic of China, was preserved on his forehead, and some stone pillars and foundations of the Ming and Qing Dynasties were used.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Mazu Tempel