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What do you generally seek at the A-Ma Temple?

Initially in the Temple of the First Ancestor is mostly fishermen before going out to sea to seek peace, but modern life with the year has been too different, the Temple of the First Ancestor to seek the wishes of a great change, in addition to seeking peace, business people seeking business prosperity, career people seeking promotion, men and women of the right age to seek marriage, and even seek a child are there. A-Ma Temple is the collective name for the temples dedicated to A-Ma around the world, and the general names of the temples include Tianfei Gong, Tianhou Gong, Chaotian Gong, etc. There are more than 5,000 temples all over the world dedicated to A-Ma ****.

Amazu, as China's most influential god of seafaring protection, is the centerpiece of A-Ma culture, which includes rituals, oral traditions, and other cultural arts as well as folk customs, and is found on both sides of the Taiwan Straits and even around the world.

Mazu beliefs and customs are a unique folk belief and practice that originated from people's admiration for Mazu. Mazu beliefs have certain forms of expression and have been passed down from generation to generation. It is a folk culture centered on venerating and celebrating A-Ma's spirit of virtue, goodness and love, with the A-Ma temple as the main activity place, and temple fairs, customs and legends as the forms of expression.

The A-Ma temples in mainland China are located in 450 counties in 22 provinces and cities, and there are as many as 316 temples in Putian, Fujian Province; there are about 200 temples in Hainan, 57 temples in Hong Kong, and 10 existing A-Ma temples in Macao. In Taiwan, there are more than 5,000 Mazu temples and more than 18 million Mazu followers.