As the most influential goddess of the sea in China, Mazu is at the centre of a host of beliefs and customs, including oral traditions, religious ceremonies and folk practices, throughout the ...

The 45-year-old actress is seen in Fujian as a living Mazu, the sea deity worshipped in the coastal province, after she played her in the eponymously titled 2012 Chinese television drama. Legend ...

Among these, the most revered deity is Mazu, the goddess of the sea. Vibrant celebrations take place in Taiwan to mark Mazu's birthday on the 23rd of the third month in the Chinese calendar.

Many lanterns are drawn from traditional folklore -- one features the likeness of Mazu, a sea deity popular across southern China, Taiwan and among the diaspora across Southeast Asia. "This ...

Chinese superstar Yao Chen is steering her production banner Bad Rabbit Pictures into premium short-form television with an ambitious limited series centered on Mazu, the legendary sea goddess who ...

Some 120 young people from the Chinese mainland and Taiwan arrive at the Meizhou Mazu Temple on Meizhou Island ... Quanzhou in Fujian brought the Nezha deity to Taiwan's Chiayi, establishing ...