Is Ma Lu Port in Mazu, Chaonan?

Mazu, a belief in the sea god centered on the southeast coast of China, is also known as the Virgin, the Queen of Heaven, the Queen of Heaven, Tian Fei, the Queen of Heaven and the Queen of Meizhou. The subject of this belief is said to have evolved from real people. The investigation of Mazu's life shows that this belief comes from folklore. First, the legend, then the legend's historization and deification, and finally the universal Mazu belief.

Scholars pointed out that Mazu evolved from the witchcraft belief in China's Fujian and Vietnam areas, and absorbed other folk beliefs (clairvoyance, clairvoyance) in the process of development. With the expansion of its influence, Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism were incorporated into it, and finally gradually emerged from many sea gods, becoming an important element of Fujian-Taiwan marine culture and East Asian marine culture.

Since the Northern Song Dynasty, it has been deified and called Mazu (the local people's honorific title for female ancestors), and it has been worshipped by those who built temples. Since then, it was named Lady Hui Ling by Song Gaozong and became a god recognized by the court. Mazu belief spread from Fujian to Zhejiang, Guangdong, Taiwan Province, Ryukyu, Japan, Southeast Asia (such as Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam). Tianjin, Shanghai, Nanjing, Shandong and Liaoning all have Tianhou Palace or Mazu Tempel.

In recent years, the research on the marine history of Mazu in East Asia has triggered a discussion on the history of tributary trade, Ryukyu network and transnational immigration in East Asia before the discovery of western maritime geography, and Mazu belief circle has become one of the historical witnesses of the formation of marine economy and social structure in East Asia.

Mother Lugang in Chaonan also has the characteristics of Mazu myth, which should be Mazu!