This is a list of Mazu temples, dedicated to

Mazu Mazu or Matsu is a Chinese sea goddess also known by several other names and titles. She is the deified form of the legendary figure Lin Mo or Lin Moniang, a Fujianese shamaness whose life span is traditionally dated from 960 to 987. Re ...

(媽祖) also known as Tian Shang Sheng Mu (天上聖母) 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 Ancestral Deity for Lin (林) Clan.

Australia

Burma (Myanmar)

China

Mainland China

Hong Kong

Macao

Taiwan

, , , , Xinwu , , Taoyuan , , Opened 1826. Includes world's 3rd-tallest statue of Mazu. , , 媽祖銅像

, - , , , Tiānhòu Gōng , Lukang , Changhua , Also known as the Tianhou. & or Tienhou Palace.. , 鹿港天后宮

, - , , , Tiānhòu Gōng ,

Cijin Cijin District (; Hokkien POJ: ''Kî-tin-khu'') is a district of Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, covering Cijin Island () and islands in the South China Sea. It is the second smallest district in Kaohsiung City after Yancheng District, with an area of ...

Kaohsiung Kaohsiung City (Mandarin Chinese: ; Wade–Giles: ''Kao¹-hsiung²;'' Pinyin: ''Gāoxióng'') is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan. It ranges from the coastal urban center to the rural Yushan Range with an area of . Kaohsi ...

, Opened in 1673.. & Also known as the Cijin. or Cihou Tianhou Temple. , 旗津天后宮 - panoramio

, - , Tianhou Temple , , Tiānhòu Gōng , Magong ,

Penghu The Penghu (, Hokkien POJ: ''Phîⁿ-ô͘'' or ''Phêⁿ-ô͘'' ) or Pescadores Islands are an archipelago of 90 islands and islets in the Taiwan Strait, located approximately west from the main island of Taiwan, covering an area ...

, Usually reckoned Taiwan's oldest Mazu temple. , 澎湖天后宮

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Wanhe Temple Wanhe Temple ( zh, t=萬和宮, p=Wànhé Gōng) is a temple located in Nantun District, Taichung City, Taiwan. The temple is dedicated to the sea goddess Mazu and is one of the oldest temples standing in the city. History , a Qing Dynasty go ...

. & , , , , Wànhé Gōng , ,

Nantun Nantun District () is an urban district in Taichung, Taiwan. It was a part of Taichung before the City and County were amalgamated in 2010. History The district used to be part of Taichung provincial city before the merger with Taichung County ...

, , Taichung , , Opened 1726, rebuilt 2001 , , Wanhe Temple

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Japan

, , , , Nagasaki , , Nagasaki , , Includes a Mazu Hall (''Masu-do''), also known as the Bodhisattva Hall (''Bosa-do'').. First opened by Chinese merchants in the 17th century, destroyed by the 1663 fire, rebuilt . , , , - , , , 横浜媽祖廟 , , , , Yokohama , , Kanagawa , , Opened 2006 , , Yokohama Masobyo

, - , . , , , , , , Nagasaki , , Nagasaki , , Includes a Mazu Hall (''Masu-do''). , , , - , Tokyo Mazu Temple, , 東京媽祖廟 , , Tokyo Masobyō , ,

Shinjuku is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is a major commercial and administrative centre, housing the northern half of the busiest railway station in the world (Shinjuku Station) and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, the administration ...

, , Tokyo , , Opened in 1913, , , , , - , Oma Inari Temple, , 大間稲荷神社大間稲荷神社（全国神社仏閣図鑑）
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Aomori is the capital city of Aomori Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 278,964 in 136,457 households, and a population density of 340 people per square kilometer spread over the city's total area of ...

, , Opened in 1730, , , , , -

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