Old Tin Hau Temple

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Old Tin Hau Temple in Coloane, Macau
by KC Tang, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Coloane4.jpg, and available in the GNU Free Documentation License

Old Tin Hau Temple of Coloane is one of the three temples dedicated to the goddess Matsu in Macau. The other two are the famous A-Ma Temple in Macau peninsula and another in Taipa.

The goddess Matsu is a deity that is worshipped mostly by fishermen and seafarers, for protection on their journey out into the sea. Like many Chinese deities, it is personified by a real person, in this case, a young woman by the name of Lin Moniang. Matsu is worshipped throughout the southeastern coast of China, as well as in Taiwan, Vietnam and Malaysia.



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