List of Mazu temples
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This is a list of Mazu temples, dedicated to Mazu (媽祖) also known as Tian Shang Sheng Mu (天上聖母) or Tian Hou (天后) Chinese Goddess of Sea and Patron Deity of fishermen, sailors and any occupations related to sea/ocean, also regarded as Ancestral Deity for the Lin (林) Clan.
Australia
| Official name | Neighborhood | Council | Metropolis | Province | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavenly Queen Temple[1][2] | Footscray | Maribyrnong | Melbourne | Victoria | Opened in 2015.[3] Also known as the Tianhou Gong. |  |
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
Mainland China
| Official Name | County | Prefecture | Province | Notes | Image | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Chinese | ||||||
| Simplified | Pinyin | ||||||
| City Temple of Shanghai[5] | 城隍庙 | Chénghuáng Miào | Huangpu | — | Shanghai | Includes an altar to Mazu.[6] |  |
| Tianfei Palace in Liuhe | 浏河天妃宫 | Taicang | Suzhou | Jiangsu | Originally built in the Song dynasty. Today's structure contains relics from the 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.[7] Located in the Longjiang Shipyard Park. |  |
| Queen of Heaven Palace[8] | 天后宫[8] | Tiānhòu Gōng | Nankai | — | Tianjin | Also known as the Niangniang Temple, part of the city's Ancient Culture Street. |  |
| Sea Goddess Palace[9] | 天后宫[10] | Tiānhòu Gōng | Yinzhou | Ningbo | Zhejiang | Also known as the Qing'an Hall. Now used as the East Zhejiang Maritime Affairs and Folk Customs Museum.[9] |  |
| Tianfei Palace[11] | 天妃宫[12] | 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.[11] |  |
| Tianfei Palace | 天妃宫 | Tiānfēi Gōng | Nanjing | Jiangsu | Located east of Jinghai Temple. |  | |
| Tianhou Palace | 天后宫 | Tiānhòu Gōng | Nansha | Guangzhou | Guangdong | Also known as the Meizhou Ancestral Temple. | |
| Temple of Mazu | ? | ? | Jiexiu | Jinzhong | Shanxi | Part of the complex of temples clustered around Mt Mian,[13] a holy site since late antiquity primarily associated with the myths around Jie Zhitui and the Cold Food Festival. | |
| Original Temple of Mazu | 妈祖祖庙 | Mazu Zumiao | Meizhou Island, Xiuyu District | Putian | Fujian | Originally built as a small shrine in the 10th century. | .jpg) |
| Queen of Heaven Temple in Yantai | 煙台市天后行宮 | Yantai Shi Tianhou Xinggong | Yantai | Shandong |  | ||
Hong Kong
Macao
| Official Name | Parish | Notes | Image | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Chinese | |||||
| Simplified | Pinyin | Cantonese | ||||
| A-Ma Temple[14][15][16] | 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.[14] Probable namesake of Macao.[17] Also known as Tianhou,[14] Barra, Juehai, or Zhongjue Temple.[17] |  |
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] |  |
| Cide Palace | 慈德宮[20] | Cídé Gōng | Zuoying | Kaohsiung | Rebuilt from its former ruin 1976. Also known as the Liujia, Dianziding, Mazu, or Tianhou Temple.[20] |
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| Ciyou Temple | 慈祐宮 | Cíyòu Gōng | Songshan | Taipei | Opened in 1753. |  |
| Jenn Lann Temple[21] | 鎮瀾宮 | Zhènlán Gōng | Dajia | Taichung | Opened in 1730. Also known as the Mazu Temple.[22] |  |
| Gongfan Temple | 拱範宮 | Gǒngfàn Gōng | Mailiao | Yunlin | Opened in its present site in 1742.[23] |  |
| Grand Matsu Temple[24] | 大天后宮 | Da Tianhou Gōng | West Central | Tainan | Built in 1664 as the palace of the exiled Ming prince Zhu Shugui,[25] 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.[26][27] |  |
| Guandu Temple[28] | 關渡宮[28] | Guāndù Gōng | Beitou | Taipei | Opened in 1712. Also known as Lingshan Temple.[28] |  |
| Leh Cherng Temple[29] | 樂成宮[29] | Lecheng Gong | East | Taichung | Moved in 1791, rebuilt in 1928 and 1963. Also known as the Lecheng Temple.[30] |  |
| Lungshan Temple[31] | 龍山寺[31] | Longshan Si | Wanhua | Taipei | Opened in 1738, rebuilt in 1924. A Buddhist temple to Guanyin whose rear hall is dedicated to Mazu.[31] |  |
| Peitian Temple[32] | 配天宮 | Pèitiān Gōng | Puzi | Chiayi | Opened in 1682[32] |  |
| Tianhou Temple[33] | 天后宮 | Tiānhòu Gōng | Xinwu | Taoyuan | Opened in 1826.[33] Includes world's 3rd-tallest statue of Mazu. |  |
| Tianhou Temple[34] | 天后宮 | Tiānhòu Gōng | Lukang | Changhua | Also known as the Tianhou[35] or Tienhou Palace.[36] |  |
| Tianhou Temple | 天后宮 | Tiānhòu Gōng | Cijin | Kaohsiung | Opened in 1673.[37] Also known as the Cijin[38] or Cihou Tianhou Temple.[37] |  |
| Tianhou Temple | 天后宮 | Tiānhòu Gōng | Magong | Penghu | Usually reckoned Taiwan's oldest Mazu temple. |  |
| Wanhe Temple[39] | 萬和宮[39] | Wànhé Gōng | Nantun | Taichung | Opened in 1726, rebuilt in 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] | 横浜媽祖廟 | Masobyō | Yokohama | Kanagawa | Opened in 2006.[43] |  |
| Sōfuku-ji (Nagasaki)[44] | 崇福寺 | Soufuku-ji | Nagasaki | Nagasaki | Includes a Mazu Hall (Masu-do).[44] | |
| Tokyo Mazu Temple | 東京媽祖廟[45] | Tokyo Masobyō | Shinjuku | Tokyo | Opened in 1913. |  |
| Oma Inari Temple | 大間稲荷神社[46] | Oma Inari Jinja | Shimokita | Aomori | Opened in 1730. | |
Malaysia
| Official name | Subdistrict | District | State | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thean Hou Temple[47] | Taman Persiaran Desa | Seputeh | Kuala Lumpur | Opened in 1989.[47] Hokkien for Tianhou Palace, though built by Hainanese living in Malaysia[48] |  |
| Seng Choon Keong | Kampung Tok'kong | Kota Bharu | Kelantan | Founded around 300 years ago. | |
| Ho Ann Kiong Temple | Kampung Cina | Kuala Terengganu | Terengganu | Founded in 1801, restored in 2012 after the 2010 fire. |  |
| Tien How Temple | Batu Pahat | Batu Pahat | Johor | Founded in 1912. Also known as Ma Chor Keng or Lim Sz Chong Su Temple. | |
| Tien Hou Sen Mu Temple | Klang | Klang | Selangor | ||
| Thin Hai Temple | Klang | Klang | Selangor | ||
| Tian Hou Temple | Alor Setar | Kota Setar | Kedah | Temporarily relocated in Taman Perindustrian Tandop Utama. Will be relocated to Langgar, Kedah. | |
| Mazu Temple | Kuala Kurau | Kerian | Perak |
Philippines
| Official name | Town | Province | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ma-Cho Temple[49] | San Fernando | La Union | Opened in 1975. Annual celebrations syncretize Mazu's worship with Our Lady of Caysasay at St Martin's Basilica in Taal.[50] | _(San_Fernando,_La_Union)(2018-11-25).jpg) |
Singapore
| Official name | Area | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thian Hock Keng[51][52] | Outram | Founded in 1839 by Hokkien clan, rebuilt 1842 and 2000.[51] Also known as the Tianfu Gong.[52] |  |
| Yueh Hai Ching Temple[53] | Downtown Core | Founded in 1826 by a Teochew clan, moved in 1855, rebuilt in 1895 and 1997. Also known as the Temple of the Calm Sea, Yuehaiqing Miao, and Wak Hai Cheng Bio; consist of two main shrines, one dedicated to Mazu and the other shrine dedicated to the Xuantian Shangdi.[53] |  |
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. |  |
| San Chao Qishegma | ศาลเจ้าชิดเซี้ยม้า | San Chao Qishegma | Pom Prap Sattru Phai | Bangkok | Located between 22 July Circle and Hua Lamphong Railway Station, established in the reign of King Rama V (corresponds to the reign of Guangxu Emperor). | |
| San Chao Ah Ma Keng | ศาลเจ้าอาม้าเก็ง | San Chao Ah Ma Keng | Samphanthawong | Bangkok | Located on the 4th floor of Laemthong Pochana restaurant, Soi Charoen Krung 12, also known as Soi Bamrung Rat. | |
| San Chao Hok Lian Keng | ศาลเจ้าฮกเลี่ยนเก็ง | San Chao Hok Lian Keng | Samphanthawong | Bangkok | Located in Soi Charoen Krung 20 in Talat Noi quarter, established in 1840 in the 10th year of Xianfeng Emperor's reign by overseas Chinese Hoklo. | |
| San Chao Mae Tai Wa | ศาลเจ้าแม่ไท้วา | San Chao Mae Tai Wa | Samphanthawong | Bangkok | Located along Khlong Phadung Krung Kasem in Talat Noi quarter. | |
| San Chao Tianhou Shengow | ศาลเจ้าเทียนโหวเซียโกว | San Chao Tianhou Shengow | Thon Buri | Bangkok | Also known as the Gowbow Shrine. | |
| San Chao Mae Thaptim Khlong San | ศาลเจ้าแม่ทับทิม คลองสาน | San Chao Mae Thaptim Khlong San | Khlong San | Bangkok | Inside Lhong 1919. | .jpg) |
| San Chao Mae Thaptim | ศาลเจ้าแม่ทับทิม | San Chao Mae Thaptim | Chom Thong | Bangkok | Considered as the oldest Mazu temple in Thailand founded in 1834, restored in 1874 by Hoklo, also known as Tianhou Shenbow Shrine or Pun Tao Ma Shrine. | |
| San Chao Mae Thaptim Saphan Han | ศาลเจ้าแม่ทับทิม สะพานหัน | San Chao Mae Thaptim Saphan Han | Phra Nakhon | Bangkok | The only Mazu shrine in Rattanakosin Island or Bangkok's old town zone. |  |
| San Chao Mae Thaptim | ศาลเจ้าแม่ทับทิม | San Chao Mae Thaptim | Sathon | Bangkok | Located between Soi Charoen Krung 63 and Soi Charoen Krung 65 near Saphan Taksin BTS Station, also known as Ah Ma Shrine. | |
| San Chao Mae Thaptim Saphan Lueang | ศาลเจ้าแม่ทับทิม สะพานเหลือง | San Chao Mae Thaptim Saphan Lueang | Pathum Wan | Bangkok | Located in the Sam Yan quarter, also known as Tianhou Shrine. | |
| San Chao Mae Thaptim (Chin) Khao Sam Muk | ศาลเจ้าแม่ทับทิม (จีน) เขาสามมุข | San Chao Mae Thaptim (Chin) Khao Sam Muk | Mueang Chonburi | Chonburi | Located on Khao Sam Muk by the sea near Bang Saen Beach. | |
| ? | ? | ? | in Pattani | |||
| ? | ? | ? | in Phuket | |||
United States and Canada
| Official name | Town | State | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ma-Tsu Temple[54] | San Francisco | California | Opened in 1986.[54] |  |
| Thien Hau Temple (Austin) | Austin | Texas | Opened in 1995. | |
| Thien Hau Temple (Los Angeles)[55] | Los Angeles | California | Opened in 1982, renovated in 2006.[55] |  |
| Tin How Temple[56] | San Francisco | California | Opened in 1852, closed 1950s to 1975. Occupies the top floor of a 4-story building.[56] |  |
| Tin Hau Temple | Honolulu | Hawaii | Opened in 1889. |  |
| Mazu Temple | Toronto(GTA) | Ontario Canada | Opened in 2016, the first Mazu Temple of Canada. |  |
Vietnam
| Official Name | County | Prefecture | Province | Notes | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Vietnamese | |||||
| Thien Hau Temple (Quang Trieu Guildhall) |
Miếu Thiên Hậu | District 1 | — |
Ho Chi Minh City | A temple of Cantonese people.[57] |  |
| Thien Hau Temple[58] (Tue Thanh Guildhall) | Chùa Bà Thiên Hậu[58] | District 5 | — | Ho Chi Minh City | Opened c. 1760.[58] Also known as Thien Hau or Tianhou Temple. |  |
| Quan Am Temple[59] (On Lang Guildhall) | Chùa Quan Âm | District 5 | — | Ho Chi Minh City | A temple to Guanyin including an altar to Mazu as Thien Hau or A Pho.[59] |  |
| Thien Hau Temple (Ha Chuong Guildhall) |
Chùa Bà Hà Chương | District 5 | — |
Ho Chi Minh City | A temple of Hokkien people.[60] |  |
| Hainan Thien Hau Temple (Quynh Phu Guildhall) |
Chùa Bà Hải Nam | District 5 | — |
Ho Chi Minh City | A temple of Hainan people.[61] | |
| Thien Hau Temple (Tam Son Guildhall) |
Thiên Hậu Cung | District 5 | — |
Ho Chi Minh City | A temple of Fuzhou people.[62][63] | .jpg) |
| Thien Hau Temple | Thiên Hậu Cung | Binh Duong | ||||
