Facing the Lingdingyang (Lingding Ocean), the mouth of the Pearl River, Nansha Tianhou Palace is on the southeastern slope of the Dajiao Mountain in Guangzhou City and covers about 100 hectares (247.1 acres). The architecture combines both the style of the Forbidden City in Beijing and the sublimity of Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Mausoleum in Nanjing. It is the largest palace compound of its category in the world. It is reputed as the 'First Tianhou Palace under Heaven' and the biggest Mazu Temple in southeastern Asia.
The palace was first built in the Ming Dynasty, then was renovated during the reign of Emperor Qianlong (1737-1795) in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), but was later ruined. The palace we see now was rebuilt in 1994 and completed in 1996.
Tianhou Palace was built to worship the Goddess of Tianhou, also called Mazu by the people, whose real name is Linmo (960-987). There are many touching stories about her helping people in shipwrecks, so she was thought to be the incarnation of the goddess of sea and was paid homage by over 100 million believers in more than twenty countries.
When you arrive at the Tianhou Palace, you will first reach the Tianhou Square which covers an area of 1.5 hectares (about 3.7 acres). At the center of the square stands a huge statue of the Goddess of Tianhou. The statue faces the Lingdingyang and is about 14.5 meters (about 47.6 feet) high, made of 365 pieces of granite. It symbolizes that the Tianhou could bless fishermen and bring favorable weather for the whole year.
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