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Mazu worshippers from southeast China's Taiwan and Fujian Province stage a traditional style performance during a seating ceremony for Mazu Goddess in Huiju Temple, Kunshan of east China's Jiangsu Province, Sept. 19, 2010. Mazu is named after a woman in Song Dynasty (960-1279) who forecast the weather at sea and was later deified as a goddess of the sea. Mazu belief has been prevalent in Fujian and Taiwan for hundreds of years. (Xinhua/Zheng Xianzhang) |
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Chiang Pin-kung (L), Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) chairman, carries the statue of Mazu Goddess during a seating ceremony for Mazu Goddess in Huiju Temple, Kunshan of east China's Jiangsu Province, Sept. 19, 2010. Mazu is named after a woman in Song Dynasty (960-1279) who forecast the weather at sea and was later deified as a goddess of the sea. Mazu belief has been prevalent in southeast China's Taiwan and Fujian Province for hundreds of years. (Xinhua/Zheng Xianzhang) |
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