Meaning of Mei-chou | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

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“At exactly 9:00 a.m. on May 5, 1989, 220 fishermen in nineteen boats sailed out from Su-ao Harbor in I-lan County on Taiwan's east coast; officially, they were going to fish the waters off P'eng-chia, an island seventy nautical miles north of Taiwan. Unofficially, however, they were charting a course westward some two hundred nautical miles toward the Fukien coast to Ma-tsu's traditional birthplace, the island of Mei-chou.”

“Matsu, goddess of the sea, is the most revered deity of Taiwan. Legend has it that Matsu was once a real person named Lin Mo, born to fisherfolk on Meizhou Island in Fujian, China. It is said that Lin Mo loved the sea and would often stand on the seashore and guide ships safely to shore. On a stormy night, Lin Mo drowned while saving a sailor and her body washed up on the shores of Nankan Island, Matsu, where she was buried by the villagers. Temples were built to honour the young woman and her popularity eventually spread as far as Japan and Southeast Asia. Today there are over 500 temples dedicated to her around Taiwan.”

“Before she became a goddess, T'ien Hou had been human. As a little girl, she lived on the island of Mei-chou.”

“Matsu's last name was Lin and her family name was Mo . She was born on a small island called Mei-chow, Putien County, Fukien .”

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