1,065th birthday of sea goddess Mazu celebrated in Fujian(1/5)

A celebration honoring the 1,065th birthday of the sea goddess Mazu is held at a Mazu temple on Meizhou Island in Putian, east China's Fujian Province,April 20, 2025. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Dongming)

Representatives from Mazu temples and Mazu cultural groups at home and abroad, as well as Mazu devotees, participated in the event.Belief in Mazu was inscribed as an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO in 2009.

A celebration honoring the 1,065th birthday of the sea goddess Mazu is held at a Mazu temple on Meizhou Island in Putian, east China's Fujian Province,April 20, 2025. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Dongming)

A celebration honoring the 1,065th birthday of the sea goddess Mazu is held at a Mazu temple on Meizhou Island in Putian, east China's Fujian Province,April 20, 2025. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Dongming)

A celebration honoring the 1,065th birthday of the sea goddess Mazu is held at a Mazu temple on Meizhou Island in Putian, east China's Fujian Province,April 20, 2025. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Dongming)

A celebration honoring the 1,065th birthday of the sea goddess Mazu is held at a Mazu temple on Meizhou Island in Putian, east China's Fujian Province,April 20, 2025. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Dongming)