妈祖庙

第四，这一地区，妈祖庙本身就是会馆或会馆内设有妈祖神像以供拜祭的情况不少。

Fourthly , there are many cases in this area that Mazu temple was assembly hall or people placed Mazu statues in the assembly hall for offering sacrifice .

我看到当地人在妈祖庙（MatsuTemple）里祈祷，扫燕尾屋顶的妈祖庙始建于16世纪末，庙里的木雕工艺巧夺天工，宁静悠长的历史感触手可及。

I watched the locals praying at the Matsu Temple , dating from the late 16th century , with its stunning woodcarvings , sweeping swallowtail roof and a palpable sense of the eternal .

上海地区拥有大量官建妈祖庙和会馆妈祖庙，主要分布在沿海、沿江码头以及商贸中心地带。

There were a large number of Official Mazu temples and Hall Mazu temples in Shanghai , mainly in coastal , river terminals and trade center .

第二，从地理分布上看，妈祖庙数量多，分布范围广，主要在沿海地带或江河交汇处。

Secondly , in terms of geographic distribution , there are a large number of Mazu temples in Pan-Bohai Area , and the distribution is wide . Besides , the Mazu temples lie mainly in seaboard and places where rivers converge .

它从宋代形成以来，其分布地域不断扩大。现今，妈祖庙的分布区在中国已经扩大到了北至东北辽河流域，南至海南南沙群岛，东部遍布沿海各地，西至四川云南的广大地区。

Since Song Dynasty , it distributing areas was extended continuously and presently to the area from the northeast Liao River area in China to the South Sand Islands , from all over the coastal eastern China to Szechwan province and the most part of Yunnan Province in western China .

福建人将妈祖信仰随身携带至上海，并建立会馆妈祖庙进行祭祀，成为上海地区妈祖信众的主体。

The Fujianese took the Mazu belief along with them when they to Shanghai . They built Hall Mazu temples , offer sacrifices to Mazu . They were the body of the Mazu believers in Shanghai .