Two statues of the Chinese sea goddess Mazu boarding Xiamen Airlines flight MF881 departfrom Xiamen Gaoqi International ...

During the NPC panel discussion, Wang did not mention Mazu, Taiwan's most popular deity, which is worshipped by nearly two-thirds of the population. Each year, more than 200,000 Taiwanese visit Fujian ...

Mazu is a Chinese goddess particularly popular in Taiwan and the southeastern provinces of China. But she's also arguably the most popular Chinese goddess around the world, worshipped in 20 ...

Coorganized by Mazu temples in Quanzhou and Taiwan's Penghu, the Qigui ritual — touching a rice tortoise from head to tail — is held on Lantern Festival to pray for peace and happiness.

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 ...