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	Fujian Province
		Meizhou Island National Vacationing Zone is one of the 11 state vacation zones approved by the State Council.
		Facing Taiwan Island, the zone is 9.6 kilometers from north to south, 1.3 kilometers from east to west, with an area of 15 square kilometers.
		The island features luxuriant forests, numerous gulfs and bays and unbroken sea beaches, the interesting scenes of the island's Guanyin, and is an ideal place for watching the sunrise and sunset.
	www.nychinatown.com /fujian_province.htm (546 words)

	Matsu Islands
		Goddess Matsu is the etymology of the islands
		The Matsu Islands (馬祖列島 or less frequently, 馬祖群島 Pinyin: Mázǔ) are a minor archipelago of 19 islands and islets in the Taiwan Strait administered as part of Lienchiang County (連江 Pinyin: Lianjiang), Fujian Province of the Republic of China (ROC) (based on Taiwan).
		But the Matsu Islands are not the birthplace of the goddess as the human Lin Muoniang -- Meizhou Island is -- but her death place (on a seaport named after her on Nankan Island).
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ma/Matsu_(island).html (630 words)

	Meizhou Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Meizhou has 38,000 inhabitants, most of which have traditionally been in fishery.
		Meizhou Township is a sub-organization (派出机构) of Putian Municipality.
		In the northern part of the mouth of Meizhou Bay, Meizhou Island is 14.35 km², 9.6 km north-south, and 1.3 km east-west.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Meizhou_Island (227 words)

	Meizhou Island - China-related Topics ME-MH - China-Related Topics
		Meizhou Island (湄洲島) is closely offshore of Putian, Fujian, China.
		In the northern part of the mouth of Meizhou Bay, Meizhou Island is 14.35 square kilometrekm?, 9.6 km north-south, and 1.3 km east-west.
		And in April 1992, Taiwanese were allowed to have landing Visa (document)visas on the island, and in October of the same year, it became a national tourism-vacation region (国家旅游度假区).
	www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Meizhou_Island (301 words)

	2004 fall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Matsu from the Chenlan Temple in central Taiwan is transferred to a ferry to mainland China to be enshrined in a temple in Quanzhou, Fujian Province.
		Newer temples that cannot claim the status of being the first often claim that they were directly “descended” from the home temple on Meizhou Island in order to elevate their status and capability of granting their followers’ wishes.
		At the highest point on Meizhou Island there is a stone statue of Matsu that stands 40.5 meters (133 feet) in height.
	taipei.tzuchi.org.tw /tzquart/2004fa/qf2.htm (2514 words)

	Matsu Islands - Wikipedia Mirror (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Matsu Islands (馬祖列島 or less frequently, 馬祖群島 Pinyin: Mǎzǔ) are a minor archipelago of 19 islands and islets in the Taiwan Strait administered as Lienchiang County (連江 Pinyin: Liánjiāng), Fukien Province of the Republic of China (ROC, now based on Taiwan).
		As part of Fukien, Matsu Islands were not colonised by Japan, as the island of Taiwan and the Pescadores did.
		But the Matsu Islands are not the birthplace of the goddess as the human Lin Muoniang -- Meizhou Island is -- but her death place (on a seaport named after her on Nangan Island).
	www.wiki-mirror.be /index.php/Matsu_Islands (807 words)

	Brief Introduction to Putian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Situated in the central coastal area of Fujian Province, the city of Putian faces Taiwan across the sea to the east, borders Quanzhou City on the south, and adjoins Fuzhou on the north.
		Meizhou Island National Tourist and Vacation Resort is the origins of Mazu culture.
		As the origins of Mazu culture, the Mazu Temple on Meizhou Island is well-known at home and abroad.
	www.putian.gov.cn /ptic/ptwindows/ptgm/01E.htm (625 words)

	Perpetually Modern Matsu
		She was worshipped in Taiwan as early as the fifteenth century, when the first boatloads of immigrants from Fujian province braved the waters of the strait to settle on the island's rich western plains.
		The oldest of Taiwan's Matsu temples is on the offshore island group of Penghu (the Pescadores).
		Matsu is thus frequently found in many a niche and alcove in the thousands of temples and shrines around the island, including the famous Lungshan temple in Taipei, where she has the place of honor in the courtyard just behind the temple's main god.
	www.worldandijournal.com /subscribers/feature_detail.asp?num=25435 (2283 words)

	The Goddess of the Sea -- Mazu
		In the wake of improving relations between both sides of the Straits, tens of thousands of Taiwan compatriots swarmed to the Meizhou Island to dedicate their piety at Mazu temples.
		On her birthday, which falls on the 23rd day of the third lunar month, and the anniversary of her death on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, thousands of pilgrims, many of them from Taiwan, come to pay homage to the goddess at the Temple of Mazu.
		The temple on Meizhou Island is the most important temple for Mazu worshippers because of its connection with her life and because it is on this spot where she was deified.
	www.chinaculture.org /gb/en_chinaway/2003-12/03/content_44410.htm (677 words)

	Taiwan pilgrims flock to Meizhou's Mazu Temple
		In what Fujian Provincial officials predict to be the largest cross-Straits cultural exchange programme, more than 1,200 pilgrims from Taiwan will flock to Mazu Temple on Meizhou Island this week to pay homage to the sea goddess, Mazu.
		Statistics from the Meizhou tourist bureau suggest that more than 100,000 Taiwanese pilgrims travel each year to Meizhou Island, Mazu's birthplace.
		Meizhou first hosted a Mazu festival in 1994, and this is the fourth time the event is being held here.
	www2.chinadaily.com.cn /en/doc/2002-10/21/content_140467.htm (236 words)

	Mazu Culture -- a Cohesive Force of Chinese Nation
		The Original Temple of Mazu (Mazu Zumiao), located on the Meizhou Island in southeast China's Fujian Province, is where the Mazu Culture originated.
		Later generations built temples to commemorate her and canonized her to be Mazu, a guide to a peaceful and safe life, particularly for those living in coastal locations.
		Meizhou Island, the hometown of Mazu, is a state-level tourist resort under the jurisdiction of Putian in southeast Fujian Province.
	www.china.org.cn /english/culture/172214.htm (216 words)

	China China Landscape - Holiday Resorts Tour
		The Holiday Zone is characteristic of the advantageous tropical oceanic climate and the typical tropical landscape, the sandbeach in the Zone extends to 7 kilometres long, the sand fine and white, the visibility of the sea water as deep as 7-9 metres.
		Meizhou Island stands at the mouth of the Meizhou Bay in Fujian Province.
		The Temple of Goddess Matsu of the Sea, which is also known as the Temple of Meizhou, was erected in 987, the fourth year during the reign of Emperor Yong Xi of the Northern Song Dynasty.
	www.asia-planet.net /china/holiday-resorts.htm (1781 words)

	TIMEasia.com \| Visions of China: Meizhou Island \| 9/27/99
		The 24-year-old taxi driver, dressed in a trendy T shirt and jeans, is an ardent follower of Mazu, the sea goddess of peace.
		As a child she was brought regularly by her parents to a temple dedicated to the deity on Meizhou island, off the coast of China's southern Fujian province.
		There, despite living in an officially atheistic nation, she was taught to worship.
	www.time.com /time/asia/magazine/99/0927/meizhou.html (786 words)

	China today
		Putian is rich in marine resources from 150 neighboring islands, such as Pinghai, Zhongmen, and Meizhou, as well as from the three bays of Meizhou, Pinghai and Xinghua.
		Meizhou Bay is situated between Fuzhou and Xiamen harbors, and also in the middle of Shanghai and Zhanjiang, and Manila and Tokyo harbors.
		Meizhou Island is therefore called "Mecca of the Orient." There are more than 3,000 Mazu temples in more than 20 countries throughout the world.
	www.chinatoday.com.cn /English/e20033/putian.htm (928 words)

	Fujian information - Search.com
		In 1956, the ROC government moved the provincial government of Fuchien to Sindian City, Taiwan, and the islands were placed under an extraordinarily tight military administration due to their extreme proximity to Mainland China.
		Small parts of the province, namely the islands of Quemoy and Matsu are under the administration of the Republic of China on Taiwan.
		The Matsu pilgrimage centers around Meizhou Island (Putian Municipality), because she was born there (and died on Matsu Islands).
	www.search.com /reference/Fujian (3207 words)

	My hometown -- Jingxiao Xu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Among them the Meizhou Gulf,which embraces the Xiuyu, Dongwu Ports in Putian and Xiaochuo Port of Huian,is one of the natural deep-water harbors in the country.
		The Mazhu Temple, located in Meizhou Island of Putian, is the ancestor of all the Mazhu Temples, big or small, at home and abroad.
		The carrying vessels harboured in such a density that not a patch of water could be seen along the shore of Meizhou Island.
	www.tam.northwestern.edu /xjx/putian.htm (1575 words)

	China Tours - China Travel - China Travel Tour - China Travel Guide - China Travel Service - China Custom Tours
		The Wuyi Mountain, a UNESCO world natural and cultural heritage site, is being promoted as one of the five trademark tourist attractions for Fujian along with the Meizhou Island of Putian, the Gulang Island of Xiamen, the ethnic women folks of Hui'an of Quanzhou, and the castle-like Hakka dwellings.
		Encompassing Xiamen Island, Gulang Island and some areas on the northern shore of Jiulong River, Xiamen attracts an increasing number of visitors with its enchanting island scenery, pleasant subtropical climate, splendid history and culture, and colorful folklore.
		The beautiful 1.84-square-km Guland Island to the southwest of it is a rolling island covered with dense forests, strewn with 18th-century buildings in European and American styles, and skirted on all sides by a natural beach ideal for sunbathing.
	www.chinacustomtours.com /city/fujian.html (999 words)

	Goddess of sea to visit Macao
		Mazu, a legendary figure believed to be the goddess of the sea, is worshipped among Chinese people in coastal areas around the world.
		Mazu was believed to be born in Meizhou Bay in Song Dynasty (960-1279).
		She was worshipped mainly because of her bravery in fighting against pirates and saving many lives from the sea.
	www.chinaculture.org /gb/en_newupdate/2004-06/16/content_47434.htm (165 words)

	humanrights
		The statue of Mazu from the original Mazu temple in the Meizhou Island of Putian, in East China's Fujian Province, was shipped to Taiwan's Jinmen Island Wednesday to allow local residents to worship this "Goddess of Sea."
		Mazu is a goddess said to have been a Meizhou woman who lived in the 10th century.
		There are tens of thousands of followers of Mazu in Fujian and Taiwan, who regard the original Mazu temple in Meizhou as their holy land.
	www.humanrights-china.org /news/2002-5-10/Local2002510102129.htm (292 words)

	Tin Hau - Macau - Travel to China
		According to legend, Lin Muoniang (林默娘) was born in 960 (during the early Northern Song Dynasty) as the seventh daughter of Lin Yuan (林愿) on Meizhou Island, Fujian.
		In one version, she died in 987 at the age of 28, when she climbed a mountain alone and flew to heaven and became a goddess.
		Heavenly Empress Palace-Meizhou Ancestral Temple (天后宮湄洲祖廟) is on her native Meizhou Island.
	www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Tin_Hau (829 words)

	Fujian Mazu (Sea Godness) Festival \| China Highlights Travel
		In 987 the Temple of Goddess Mazu was built in her memory which sits on Meizhou Island in Putian.
		To better carry forward Mazu culture, promote communication between people in Taiwan and mainland China, a cultural festival consecrated to the Goddess Mazu was first held at Meizhou Island in 1987 with the assistance of the Putian Gorvernment and other related units.
		It is time and gathering for tourists and pilgrims from China's mainland and Taiwan, of from home and abroad on Meizhou Island to pray for the peace of the world and the reunification of motherland.
	www.chinahighlights.com /travelguide/festival/mazu_festival.htm (376 words)

	Taiwan Pilgrims Flock to Meizhou
		In what Fujian Provincial officials predict to be the largest cross-Straits cultural exchange program, more than 1,200 pilgrims from Taiwan will flock to Mazu Temple on Meizhou Island this week to pay homage to the sea goddess, Mazu.
		Statistics from the Meizhou tourist bureau suggest that more than 100,000 Taiwanese pilgrims travel each year to Meizhou Island, Mazu's birthplace.
		Meizhou first hosted a Mazu festival in 1994, and this is the fourth time the event is being held here.
	www.china.org.cn /english/46382.htm (235 words)

	CRI'S EYES ON CHINA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		As the legend goes, she ascended to heaven and became an immortal at Meizhou Bay located opposite to the Xianliang Port.
		Now the achievements in the research on the Mazu culture have become valuable material in the research on the history of navigation, science, overseas Chinese, development of off-shore islands and economic and cultural exchanges with foreign countries as well as the history of folklore and religion of ancient China.
		In the wake of improving relations between both sides of the Straits, tens of thousands of Taiwan compatriots swarmed to the Meizhou Island to dedicate their piety at Mazu temples to fulfil their sincere wish which they had cherished for decades.
	english.cri.cn /501/2003-8-29/2@17610.htm (528 words)

	Goddess of the Sea pilgrimage launched
		This year, the statuette of the goddess Matsu was carried on a palanquin over a 300-kilometer route from Taichung County to Chianghua and Yunlin Counties, to Chiayi County, then all the way back again.
		The purpose of this pilgrimage is to celebrate Matsu's birthday and to pray for and spread her blessings across the island.
		According to legends, Matsu was born to a family in a fishing village on Meizhou Island off the southeast coast of Mainland China's Fujian province, on the 23rd day of the third lunar month, in about 960 AD.
	www.taiwan.com.au /Soccul/Religion/Popular/20050923.html (294 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		It seems to have held on most strongly along the southern Chinese coast, particularly in places like Meizhou Island, reported birthplace of Mazu, the Chinese goddess of the sea.
		A series of pagodas mark the main shrines to the goddess, while higher up a veritable forest of stone statues depict Mazu in some of her more famous acts of compassion.
		The goddess is particularly proficient in saving imperiled fishermen; in fact, she got her start as a young girl living on the island of Meizhou who received a vision of a storm menacing her father's fishing boat and so was able to guide him to safety.
	iml.jou.ufl.edu /Newszine/staff/Homepages/Fall01/Avery/mazu.htm (175 words)

	Matsu Culture
		As the legend goes, she ascended to heaven and became an immortal at Meizhou Bay located opposite to the Xianliang Port.
		Now the achievements in the research on the Matsu culture have become valuable material in the research on the history of navigation, science, overseas Chinese, development of off-shore islands and economic and cultural exchanges with foreign countries as well as the history of folklore and religion of ancient China.
		In the wake of improving relations between both sides of the Straits, tens of thousands of Taiwan compatriots swarmed to the Meizhou Island to dedicate their piety at Matsu temples to fulfil their sincere wish which they had cherished for decades.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /en/doc/2003-07/21/content_246935.htm (519 words)

	Beauty, the Land of China - Fujian
		Gulangyu Island is a tiny island with an area of 1.78 square kilometers to the southwest of Xiamen across the sea.
		The Mazu Temple is on Meizhou Island, which is governed by Putian City, and faces Tazhong City of the Taiwan Province across the strait.
		But the one in Meizhou is regarded as the ancestor of all the Mazu temples and is why it attracts many worshippers.
	library.thinkquest.org /20443/fujian.html (1719 words)

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