Mazu is the incarnation of Molinyang, the sixth daughter of Lin Yuan, Meizhou, Putian, Fujian. She was born in the Song and Yuan Dynasties. She didn't hear her cry after she was born, so she was named, which means silent woman. Mo Niang has shown magical functions since she was a child. She can read, read and understand. She has helped businessmen and fishermen tide over difficulties in times of distress at sea. With her help, ships can always return to the port safely, so people gradually regard her as the patron saint of the sea.
Mazu is a folk belief circulating in the coastal areas of China. Mazu culture originated in Song Dynasty, became in Yuan Dynasty, flourished in Ming Dynasty, flourished in Qing Dynasty and flourished in modern times. Mazu culture embodies the characteristics of Chinese marine culture. Mazu is a spiritual symbol and female representative who combines traditional virtues such as selflessness, kindness, kindness and courage.
Reasons for the inheritance of Mazu culture;
1, Mazu has great commonality and inclusiveness.
Mazu used to be an ordinary cloth. She was smart, caring and sympathetic since she was a child, and saved people and the world when she grew up. This kind of public morality, which is close to the people and involves the people's warmth and coldness, shows the goodness and kindness of Mazu's temperament, and embodies the traditional concept of "accumulating goodness into virtue, and the gods are complacent" in China culture. Therefore, although Mazu was a girl before her death, she was respected and loved by the people. This is the essence of her solid mass base.
2. The outstanding god of Mazu can be people's spiritual sustenance.
After the deification of Mazu, he won the people's faith and worship for helping people in distress, and the court praised him mainly for protecting the country and benefiting the people and helping the Lord to make a name for himself. Because of the combination of the two, Mazu was upgraded from a local god of folk belief to a national god. According to statistics, from Song Dynasty to Qing Dynasty, Mazu won thirty-six titles of Jin Dynasty, and the gods were promoted from the goddess of the sea to the virgin of heaven, which became the spiritual belief of local people.