List of Mazu temples

This is a list of Mazu temples, dedicated to Mazu (媽祖) also known as Tian Shang Sheng Mu (天上圣母) 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 Patron Deity for Lim (林) Clan.

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[]

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]
	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.
	天妃古庙	Tiānfēi Gǔmiào	Gulou	Nanjing	Jiangsu	Built in 2005.[7] Located in the .
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 .[11]
Tianfei Palace	天妃宫	Tiānfēi Gōng		Nanjing	Jiangsu	Located east of Jinghai Temple
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,[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	The original temple of Mazu

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]
Ciyou Temple	慈祐宮	Cíyòu Gōng	Songshan	Taipei	Opened 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 1712. Also known as the Lingshan Temple[28]
Leh Cherng Temple[29]	樂成宮[29]	Lecheng Gong	East	Taichung	Moved 1791, rebuilt 1928 and 1963. Also known as the Lecheng Temple[30]
Lungshan Temple[31]	龍山寺[31]	Longshan Si	Wanhua	Taipei	Opened 1738, rebuilt 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 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 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 , rebuilt c. 1670.[41]
Ma Zhu Miao[42]	横浜媽祖廟	Masobyō	Yokohama	Kanagawa	Opened 2006[43]
[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
	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]		Seputeh	Kuala Lumpur	Opened 1989.[47] Hokkien for Tianhou Palace, though built by Hainanese living in Malaysia[48]
Seng Choon Keong	Kampung Tok'kong		Kelantan	Founded around 300 years ago and local Hokkien dialect for "Sacred Spring Palace"

Philippines[]

Official Name	Town	Province	Notes	Image
Ma-Cho Temple[49]	San Fernando	La Union	Opened 1975. Annual celebrations syncretize Mazu's worship with Our Lady of Caysasay at St Martin's Basilica in Taal.[50]

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 Teochew clan, moved 1855, rebuilt 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.
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[]

Official Name	Town	State	Notes	Image
Ma-Tsu Temple[54]	San Francisco	California	Opened 1986[54]
Thien Hau Temple (Austin)	Austin	Texas	Opened 1995
Thien Hau Temple (Los Angeles)[55]	Los Angeles	California	Opened 1982, renovated 2006[55]
Tin How Temple[56]	San Francisco	California	Opened 1852, closed 1950s to 1975. Occupies the top floor of a 4-story building[56]
Tin Hau Temple	Honolulu	Hawaii	Opened 1889

Vietnam[]

Official Name		County	Prefecture	Province	Notes	Image
English	Vietnamese
Ba Thien Hau Pagoda[57]	Chùa Bà Thiên Hậu[57]	District 5	—	Ho Chi Minh City	Opened c. 1760.[57] Also known as Thien Hau or Tianhou Temple.
Quan Am Pagoda[58]	Chùa Quan Âm	District 5	—	Ho Chi Minh City	A temple to Guanyin including an altar to Mazu as Thien Hau or A Pho.[58]
Thien Hau Temple	Thiên Hậu Cung			Binh Duong

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