Ma Zu (媽祖) aka Lord Lady Empress of the Sea or we addressed her as the Heavenly Concubine (天妃) & Spiritual Maiden of the Heaven (天上聖母).
Ma Zu, a lady born in Song Dynasty (宋朝), 23rd Day of Lunar 3 Month (農曆三月廿三日為之華誕), hometown at China Fujian Province, Fu Zhou City Pu Tian Area (中國福建省福州市莆田). After her mother gave birth to her, she didnt cry out a sound. Since she didnt make a sound since she left her mother's body, her father named her Mo Niang (默娘) - meaning Quiet or Silent Maiden.
After she grown up, when most of the storms arise, Mo Niang would appeared on the Sky above the stormy sea to rescue those who were stuck in between the big waves/etc.
One year, at the age of 28 years old, on the 9th Day of 9th Lunar Month (農曆九月初九 - 媽祖飛昇日), Mo Niang was saw ascending to the Heaven on-top of a Mountain (till today, this place still exist in China Mei Zhou and every year, people will return to the place to pay respect to Ma Zu/etc).
For High Res Pictures, please proceed to this link:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/taoism_deity_singapore_2007/photos/album/1837925799/pic/list
天妃寶誥
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志心皈命禮
Zhi Xin Gui Ming Li
浦陀勝境
Pu Tuo Sheng Jing
興化湄州
Xing Hua Mei Zhou
靈應威德
Ling Ying Wei De
非常孝感
Fei Chang Xiao Gan
神通廣大
Shen Tong Guang Da
救厄而平波息浪
Jiu E Er Ping Bo Xi Lang
扶危而起死迴生
Fu Wei Er Qi Si Hui Sheng
大慈大悲
Da Ci Da Bei
救苦救難
Jiu Ku Jiu Nan
敕封護國庇民
Chi Feng Hu Guo Pi Min
明著妙靈昭應
Ming Zhe Miao Ling Zhao Ying
弘仁普濟天妃
Hong Ren Pu Ji Tian Fei
加封
Jia Feng
天上聖母太極元君
Tian Shang Sheng Mu Tai Ji Yuan Jun
Wow thank you very much. This Bao Gao is different from the Tian Shang Sheng Mu Bao Gao in the Tian Shang Sheng Mu Jing, why does certain deities have multiple Bao Gaos?
ReplyDeleteThere is the Tibetan writings of (OM AH HUM) on the thing hold by Ma Zhu.^ ^
ReplyDeleteMany taoist deities today are also incorporated to tibetan buddhism and vice-versa, I've even seen taoist priest employ tibetan vajra bell to bless fus... I don't know what to feel...
ReplyDeleteHahahahaha.. this is the chaotic world today, to be strict and accurate, objects and stuffs that are used in Rituals/Ceremonies cannot be mix-up or mis-used, this not only show the ignorant of the person but also a form of disrespect to the Deities and the Culture, this is one thing that we cannot encourage.
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As for the multiple Bao Gao, that we must be very careful, cos in some places, they just pluck any phrases from anyway to make it a Bao Gao, which is not accurate (especially Ma Zu Bao Gao, cos alot of other Religions tend to create their own Bao Gao and classified it as Taoist Bao Gao, which is not true).
New pics added (mazu_new_01.jpg - mazu_new_06.jpg)
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ReplyDeleteAfter Shifu Jave gives me the link to this page I just know that Ma Zu is also called as Tian Fei. :-)
ReplyDeleteFor the first time for me to see Ma Zu statue holds such wood with Tibetan Mantra (posting from kelvinchristopher Oct 17th 2007). What a salad mix (european term) or rojak (malay term - singaporean knows also rojak ma?)
Warm regards,
Yang
This is the ignorant part of Folks Culture. And this is what we shall try to avoid or educate them.
ReplyDeleteWOW. This is amazing. Thank you for sharing.
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ReplyDeleteShifu, nice new pics. Where did you take the pics? in China?
ReplyDeleteSome frm Taiwan, some from China
ReplyDeleteIMHO this statue is like a male person, are you sure sifu, that it was Mazu?
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