List of Mazu temples

This is a list of Tianhou temples, honoring Mazu - the deified form of the medieval Chinese girl Lin Moniang.

Australia

Official Name	Neighborhood	Council	Metropolis	Province	Notes	Image
Heavenly Queen Temple[1][2]	Footscray	Maribyrnong	Melbourne	Victoria	Opened 2015, planned completion in 2019.[3] Also known as the Tianhou Gong

Burma (Myanmar)

Official Name			Township	District	Division	Notes	Image
English	Burmese
	Script	Romanized
Kheng Hock Keong[4]	ခိန့်ဟုတ်ဗုဒ္ဓဘာသာဘုရားကျောင်း	Hkinhut Buddha Bhasabhu Ra:kyaung:	Latha	West Yangon	Yangon	Opened in 1861. Considered a "Buddhist temple" for official purposes. Also known as the Qingfu Gong[4]

China

Hong Kong

See: Tin Hau temples in Hong Kong

Macao

Official Name				Parish	Notes	Image
English	Chinese
	Simplified	Pinyin	Cantonese
A-Ma Temple[5][6][7]	媽閣廟	Mā Gé Miào	Mā Gok Miuh Ma Kok Miu	São Lourenço	At least as old as 1488, with the present setup dating to 1828.[5] Probable namesake of Macao.[8] Also known as Tianhou,[5] Barra, Juehai, or Zhongjue Temple.[8]

China

Official Name			County	Prefecture	Province	Notes	Image
English	Chinese
	Simplified	Pinyin
City Temple of Shanghai[9]	城隍庙	Chénghuáng Miào	Huangpu	—	Shanghai	Includes an altar to Mazu[10]
Tianfei Palace in Liuhe	浏河天妃宫		Taicang		Suzhou	Originally built in Song Dynasty. Today's structure contains relics from Yuan Dynasty. Listed as a Major National Historical and Cultural Site.
Old Tianfei Temple	天妃古庙	Tiānfēi Gǔmiào	Gulou	Nanjing	Jiangsu	Built in 2005.[11] Located in the Longjiang Shipyard Park.
Queen of Heaven Palace[12]	天后宫[12]	Tiānhòu Gōng	Nankai	—	Tianjin	Also known as the Niangniang Temple, part of the city's Ancient Culture Street
Sea Goddess Palace[13]	天后宫[14]	Tiānhòu Gōng	Yinzhou	Ningbo	Zhejiang	Also known as the Qing'an Hall. Now used as the East Zhejiang Maritime Affairs and Folk Customs Museum[13]
Tianfei Palace[15]	天妃宫[16]	Tiānfēi Gōng	Songjiang	—	Shanghai	Also known as the Tianhou Palace, officially the Mazu Cultural Palace. Rebuilt from ruins relocated from its original location near Suzhou Creek downtown to Fangta Park.[15]
Tianfei Palace	天妃宫	Tiānfēi Gōng		Nanjing	Jiangsu
Tianhou Palace	天后宫	Tiānhòu Gōng				Also known as the Meizhou Ancestral Temple
Temple of Mazu	?	?	Jiexiu	Jinzhong	Shanxi	Part of the complex of temples clustered around Mt Mian,[17] a holy site since late antiquity primarily associated with the myths around Jie Zhitui and the Cold Food Festival
?	?	?		Ningde	Fujian

Taiwan

Official Name			District	County	Notes	Image
English	Chinese
	Traditional	Pinyin
Chaotian Temple[18]	朝天宮	Cháotiān Gōng	Beigang	Yunlin	Opened in 1700, repeatedly renovated.[18] Also known as the Tianhou or Tianfei Temple.[19]
Chi Jin Mazu Temple[20]	天后宮	Tiānhòu Gōng	Cijin	Kaohsiung	Opened in 1673.[21] Also known as the Cijin[22] or Cihou Tianhou Temple.[21]
Cide Palace	慈德宮[23]	Cídé Gōng	Zuoying	Kaohsiung	Rebuilt from its former ruin 1976. Also known as the Liujia, Dianziding, Mazu, or Tianhou Temple.[23]
Ciyou Temple	慈祐宮	Cíyòu Gōng	Songshan	Taipei	Opened 1753
Jenn Lann Temple[24]	鎮瀾宮	Zhènlán Gōng	Dajia	Taichung	Opened in 1730. Also known as the Mazu Temple.[25]
Grand Matsu Temple[26]	大天后宮	Da Tianhou Gōng	West Central	Tainan	Built in 1664 as the palace of the exiled Ming prince Zhu Shugui,[27] used by Shi Lang as his headquarters following the Qing conquest of Taiwan in 1683, and converted to a Mazu temple—the first to use her new title of Tianhou—by the Kangxi Emperor the next year.[28][29]
Guandu Temple[30]	關渡宮[30]	Guāndù Gōng	Beitou	Taipei	Opened 1712. Also known as the Lingshan Temple[30]
Leh Cherng Temple[31]	樂成宮[31]	Lecheng Gong	East	Taichung	Moved 1791, rebuilt 1928 and 1963. Also known as the Lecheng Temple[32]
Lungshan Temple[33]	龍山寺[33]	Longshan Si	Wanhua	Taipei	Opened 1738, rebuilt 1924. A Buddhist temple to Guanyin whose rear hall is dedicated to Mazu.[33]
Mazu Temple[34]	天后宮	Tiānhòu Gōng	Lukang	Changhua	Also known as the Tianhou[35] or Tienhou Palace.[36]
Mazu Temple	天后宮	Tiānhòu Gōng	Magong	Penghu	Usually reckoned Taiwan's oldest Mazu temple.
Peitian Temple[37]	配天宮	Pèitiān Gōng	Puzi	Chiayi	Opened in 1682[37]
Tianhou Temple[38]	天后宮	Tiānhòu Gōng	Xinwu	Taoyuan	Opened 1826.[38] Includes world's 3rd-tallest statue of Mazu.
Wanhe Temple[39]	萬和宮[39]	Wànhé Gōng	Nantun	Taichung	Opened 1726, rebuilt 2001[39]

Japan

Official Name			Municipality	Prefecture	Notes	Image
English	Japanese
	Characters	Romaji
Tomeizan Kofukuji[40]	東明山興福寺	Tōmeizan Kōfuku-ji	Nagasaki	Nagasaki	Includes a Mazu Hall (Masu-do), also known as the Bodhisattva Hall (Bosa-do).[41] First opened by Chinese merchants in the 17th century, destroyed by the 1663 fire, rebuilt c. 1670.[41]
Ma Zhu Miao[42]	媽祖廟	Masobyō	Yokohama	Kanagawa	Opened 2006[43]
Soufukuji Temple[44]	崇福寺	Soufuku-ji	Nagasaki	Nagasaki	Includes a Mazu Hall (Masu-do).[44]

Malaysia

Official Name	Subdistrict	District	State	Notes	Image
Thean Hou Temple[45]	Taman Persiaran Desa	Seputeh	Kuala Lumpur	Opened 1989.[45] Hokkien for Tianhou Palace, though built by Hainanese living in Malaysia[46]
Seng Choon Keong	Kampung Tok'kong		Kelantan	Local dialect for "Holy Spring Palace"

Philippines

Official Name	Town	Province	Notes	Image
Ma-Cho Temple[47]	San Fernando	La Union	Opened 1975. Annual celebrations syncretize Mazu's worship with Our Lady of Caysasay at St Martin's Basilica in Taal.[48]

Singapore

Official Name	Area	Notes	Image
Thian Hock Keng[49][50]	Outram	Opened 1839, rebuilt 1842 and 2000.[49] Also known as the Tianfu Gong.[50]
Yueh Hai Ching Temple[51]	Downtown Core	Opened 1826, moved 1855, rebuilt 1895 and 1997. Also known as the Temple of the Calm Sea, Yuehaiqing Miao, and Wak Hai Cheng Bio; half dedicated to the Jade Emperor[51]

Thailand

Official Name			District	Province	Notes	Image
English	Thai
	Script	Romanized
Wat San Chao Chet	ศาลเจ้าเจ็ด	San Chao Chet	Bang Rak	Bangkok	Also known as the Qishengma Temple.
?	?	?			in Chonburi
?	?	?			in Pattani
?	?	?			in Phuket

United States

Official Name	Town	State	Notes	Image
Ma-Tsu Temple[52]	San Francisco	California	Opened 1986[52]
Thien Hau Temple (Austin)	Austin	Texas	Opened 1995
Thien Hau Temple (Los Angeles)[53]	Los Angeles	California	Opened 2006[53]
Tin How Temple[54]	San Francisco	California	Opened 1852, closed 1950s to 1975. Occupies the top floor of a 4-story building[54]
Tin Hau Temple	Honolulu	Hawaii	Opened 1889

Vietnam

Official Name		County	Prefecture	Province	Notes	Image
English	Vietnamese
Ba Thien Hau Pagoda[55]	Chùa Bà Thiên Hậu[55]	District 5	—	Ho Chi Minh City	Opened c. 1760.[55] Also known as Thien Hau or Tianhou Temple.
Quan Am Pagoda[56]	Chùa Quan Âm	District 5	—	Ho Chi Minh City	A temple to Guanyin including an altar to Mazu as Thien Hau or A Pho.[56]
Thien Hau Temple	Thiên Hậu Cung			Binh Duong

References

Citations

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