【亚洲•中国】妈祖信俗 The Mazu belief and customs （2009年）

【项目简介】

 Project brief introduction

妈祖是中国影响最大的航海保护神。公元987年，福建省莆田市湄洲岛的妈祖因救海难而献身，被该岛百姓立庙祭祀，成为海神。随着航海业的发展和妈祖的影响扩大，历代朝廷封妈祖为天妃、天后、天上圣母。妈祖信俗是以崇奉和颂扬妈祖的立德、行善、大爱精神为核心，以妈祖宫庙为主要活动场所，以习俗和庙会等为表现形式的民俗文化。该信俗传播到世界20多个国家和地区，为两亿多民众所崇拜并传承至今。湄洲岛成为妈祖祖庙所在地。

The Mazu belief and customs

Mazu is the most influential navigational God in China. In 987, Mazu of Meizhou Island, Putian City, Fujian Province, died to save the sea disaster, and was sacrificed to the people of the island by setting up temples to become sea gods. With the development of navigation industry and the expansion of Mazu's influence, the emperors of all dynasties made Mazu the empress of heaven, the goddess of heaven. Mazu's belief and custom is a folk culture with the core of worshipping and praising Mazu's morality, benevolence and love spirit, the main place of activity is Mazu's temple, and the manifestation of customs and temple fairs is Mazu's temple. It has spread to more than 20 countries and regions in the world and has been worshipped and inherited by more than 200 million people. Meizhou Island became the site of Mazu Temple.

【批准时间】2009年9月

 Approval date，September 2009