【51Talk-用英语介绍非遗文化】人类非物质文化遗产代表作：妈祖信仰.docVIP

人类非物质文化遗产代表作：妈祖信仰 Mazu belief and customs Mazu is the most influential goddess of the sea in China. In 987 AD, Mazu from Fujian Province devoted her life to saving lives in a shipwreck. In her honor, local residents built a temple and began to worship her as a goddess. 妈祖是中国最具影响力的海上女神。在公元987年，来自于福建的妈祖因救海难而献身，被百姓立庙祭祀。 （Statue of Mazu on Meizhou Island） With the development of seafaring, she gradually became the navigation goddess and gained greater influence in coastal southeast China and some regions in southeastern Asian. 后随着海运业的发展，妈祖遂成为海神，逐渐成为中国东南沿海及部分东南亚地区的航海保护神。 The custom of Mazu is also known as the Mother Belief, Goddess Belief, Princess of Heaven Belief, Queen of Heaven Belief, Our Lady of the Sky Belief. It is a folk culture dedicated to worship and praise Mazu’s grace, benevolence, and philanthropy, with Mazu palaces and temples as the major venue of various activities, and manifested in relevant customs and temple fairs. 妈祖信仰也称为娘妈信俗、娘娘信俗、天妃信俗、天后信俗、天上圣母信俗。妈祖信仰是以崇奉和颂扬她的功德、善良、大爱精神为核心，以妈祖宫庙为主要活动场所，以习俗和庙会等为表现形式的民俗文化。 During the long history of development, Mazu culture is spread to coastal cities as well as Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao in our country. It follows the steps of overseas Chinese to more than 20 countries all over the 5 continents of the world. Mazu culture has strong cohesion power for Chinese all over the world, especially in the southeastern districts. After 1000 years, Mazu culture has become an important part of the splendid Chinese culture, as well as cultural bridge and spiritual linkage connection Chinese people all over the world. 在漫长的发展历史中，妈祖文化传播到我国沿海城市以及台湾、香港、澳门。它跟随海外华人的脚步来到世界五大洲的20多个国家。妈祖文化对世界各地，尤其是东南地区的中国人具有强大的凝聚力。一千年后，妈祖文化已经成为中华灿烂文化的重要组成部分，也是连接世界各地中国人民的文化桥梁和精神纽带。 Up to date, the belief has spread to more than 20 countries and regions, and the over 5000 Mazu temples around the world received worships from over 200 million followers. In Taiwan, over 17 million people out of its 23 million population are Mazu believers. 目前，已从湄洲妈祖祖庙传播到