Meizhou ancestral temple is located in Zumiao Mountain, the highest peak in the northern part of Meizhou Island. It was founded in 987, the 4th year of Yongxi in the Northern Song Dynasty. At first, it was just a few rafters, offering incense to virtuous women. Soon, the three treasures of maritime trade expanded for the first time, and corridors were added during the heyday (1023 ~ 1032). In the Spring Festival (1259), two palaces in Fujian donated 10,000 yuan to help repair them. In the seventh year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1374), Quanzhou Wei commanded Zhou Zuo to rebuild the sleeping hall and build a fragrant pavilion, bell and drum tower and mountain gate. Another director, Zhang Chuang, made 1 Chaotian Pavilion, which began to take shape. In the first year of Yongle (1403), Zheng He came to Meizhou for the first time, and the court allocated funds to repair the temple. He brought his 500 yuan lucky money to help repair it. In the sixth year of Xuande (143 1), Zheng He came to Meizhou for the third time to preside over the imperial sacrifice, and ordered officials from Xinghuawei, Pinghaiwei, Xinghuafu and Putian counties to buy wood and stone for comprehensive renovation and expansion. In the 22nd year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1683), Zhang Tong, director of Xinghua Coastal Defence Department, and Lin Sheng, director of Xinghua Prefecture presided over the reconstruction of Chaotian Pavilion as the main hall, which was in a straight line with the Bell and Drum Tower and the mountain gate, and another Chaotian Pavilion was built on the west side of this sleeping hall. Jinghai Hou Shilang also donated the 1 locker room next to Chaotian Pavilion.

In August of the third year of Guangxu (1877), a typhoon blew down the temple. He Jingfu, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, advocated donating silver 1000 Liang, and ordered Quanzhou, Xiamen and Xinghua to donate money for reconstruction. The project was presided over by Lin Yiyuan, the instructor of minority jurors Lin Lin and Lin Shengsheng. Construction started in the fifth year of Guangxu (65,438+0,879) and was completed in March of the following year. Today, He Jing and Ke Yushu's "Rebuilding the Tianhou Temple Monument in Meizhou County, Putian" stone carving 1 piece.

In 36 years of the Republic of China (1947), the ethnic forest of Lin surname was rebuilt again. 198 1 year, the people of Meizhou Township rebuilt the sleeping hall at the original site. In the 1980s, it was shaped into a 1 giant Mazu stone statue, with a height of14.4m, standing at the highest peak on the island. 1987 The main hall was built (slightly moved forward according to the old site) and the stone court in front of the sleeping hall was expanded. The main hall is 3 rooms wide and 3 rooms deep, with double eaves resting on the top of the mountain, and under the front eaves 1 the relief stone pillars of Panlong Eight Immortals, with exquisite craftsmanship. Taiwan compatriot Chen Brothers and sisters donated money to build the Bell and Drum Tower (also moved forward according to the original site 10 meters, the original structure was square at the bottom, and the upper two floors were hexagonal, but now all three floors are square, and the height is 15 meters). Another Taiwan Province compatriot, Chen, donated 1 clock and 1 drum to hang on it. 1990 On the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, 1 stone archway donated by Lan Gong in Dajia Town, Taiwan Province was completed. Ribbon-cutting ceremonies were held for the Chaotian Pavilion donated by Tianhou Palace in Lugang, Taiwan and the dressing building donated by Fengtian Palace in Xingang.

Meizhou Ancestral Temple is the common name and honorific title of Meizhou Mazu Tempel, and it is a holy place in the hearts of Mazu believers all over the world.

Meizhou Ancestral Temple is located in Meizhou Island in the middle and west of the Taiwan Province Strait, and belongs to Putian City, Fujian Province. It is more than 40 kilometers southeast of Putian City, and it can be reached by ferry from Wen Jia Wharf in 20 minutes. It is 20 nautical miles east of Wuqiu Island (Wuqiu originally belonged to Putian County, Fujian Province, but now it is under the jurisdiction of kinmen county City, Taiwan Province Province).

Meizhou Ancestral Temple is the ancestral temple of more than 2,000 Mazu Tempel (palaces) in the world. After thousands of years of spiritual communication, with the believers going abroad, Mazu gradually moved from Meizhou to the world and became an international god who crossed national boundaries. According to incomplete statistics, there are currently more than 2,500 Mazu Tempel in the world. According to the statistics of Taiwan Province newspaper 1987, there are more than 800 Mazu Tempel (palaces) in Taiwan Province province. There are 57 in Hong Kong and Macao; There are 135 seats abroad, distributed in Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Philippines, USA, France, Denmark, Brazil, Argentina and other 17 countries. There are about 200 million Mazu believers in the world, and 70% people in Taiwan Province Province alone believe in Mazu.

Meizhou ancestral hall was built in the early Song Dynasty. At first, it was just a few rafters, and it was called "Goddess Hall". After many times of construction and expansion, it has formed a scale. Among them, historical celebrities such as Zheng He and Shi Lang advocated expansion, forming a building scale, which became more and more magnificent. Finally, five groups of buildings including the main hall and the partial hall were formed, 16 halls and pavilions, and 99 rooms. The painted beams and carved buildings are resplendent and magnificent, just like the "Dragon Palace on the Sea". Later, the temple was damaged several times and became increasingly dilapidated. Especially during the Cultural Revolution (1966- 1968), the ancestral halls in Meizhou were severely damaged and almost razed to the ground. Since 1980s, the reconstruction of Meizhou ancestral hall has been carried out one after another. Especially in recent ten years, Mazu believers in Taiwan Province Province have made more and more pilgrimages to Meizhou ancestral temple. Seeing the current situation of Meizhou ancestral temple, Qi Xin, a Mazu believer on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, made concerted efforts and made voluntary donations to carry out large-scale restoration and construction. Today, Meizhou Ancestral Temple not only shows its glory again, but also has a more magnificent building scale than at any time in history. At present, Meizhou ancestral temple complex is generally planned and laid out with the front hall as the central axis and built according to the mountain situation, forming the main temple road with a depth of 300 meters and a height difference of more than 40 meters. From the solemn mountain gate and the tall instrument gate to the main hall, the buildings on both sides are connected by 323 steps, which is extraordinary in momentum. There is also a giant statue of Mazu at the top of the ancestral hall, which is 14 meters high and faces the sea and Taiwan Province Province. Standing on the top of the mountain overlooking the mountains and seas, water and sky are one color; Looking back at the whole temple group at the foot of the mountain, a magnificent landscape painting is formed.

Nearby Meizhou Ancestral Hall, there are landscapes such as Dengtian Monument, Guanlan Stone, Mazu Mirror, Yin Chao Cave, etc. There are also cultural relics such as rebuilding stone monuments, giving gifts of gold and imperial plaques in the ancestral hall.

The cliff inscription of "Ascending to Heaven Monument" is engraved on a huge stone wall behind the sleeping hall of Meizhou Ancestral Temple, and there is a small line next to it: The abbot photographed the monk and knocked on the original ocean. Thousands of years ago, the "goddess temple" and "human" shapes were just "a few rafters", which were faintly visible on the stone wall. Standing here, looking west, Xianliang Port on the other side is faintly visible. According to legend, Mo Niang ascended to heaven by a nearby "stone drum".