After the Lunar New Year, a major religious event takes place in Taiwan: The Mazu from Gongtian Temple in Baishatun, riding ...

Wearing her hair in a bun resembling a ship's sail and dressed in a blue top symbolizing the sea, Nikita Li Van Heerden from ...

Beigang Chaotian Temple in Yunlin County is setting up a center to restore and conserve its vast collection of historic religious objects. How well do you remember the 1970s? Answer these real ...

As the most influential goddess of the sea in China, Mazu is believed to have lived in the 10th century on Meizhou Island in ...

For them, a pilgrimage to Mazu's home temple in Meizhou in southern China is an essential act of faith. "We feel we are Mazu's children, so it's like we are accompanying our mother to visit her ...

"Walking the route alongside my fellow pilgrims deepened my understanding of our shared origins," said Hsieh Mei-hui, a devout follower of Mazu from a temple in Hsinchu, Taiwan. "It's a connection ...

Reuters examined five Taiwanese security documents and interviewed five Taiwanese security officials, as well as five Mazu temple leaders and four analysts. They provided previously unreported ...

It was organised by the Meizhou Mazu Ancestor Temple in China. Thean Hou Temple Amused Chinese netizens wondered how Mazu and her divine entourage made it through airport security Photos being ...

Temple organisers tout the Mazu event as a chance to promote cross-strait unity. Banners read "Let peace spread across both sides of the strait" and urged both sides to worship together. A local ...