Mazu culture has a history of 1000 years, with ups and downs. If it weren't for the Meizhou Temple in Tianhou, everyone would laugh together. In the early period of Mazu culture, princes, ministers and military commanders often regarded offering sacrifices to Mazu as a privilege. Now, that era has long passed. As the masters of society, working people can freely talk about their cultural feelings and express their cultural joy happily. At the same time, due to the improvement of productivity, more people are keen on Mazu cultural activities in the new era than before. With the passage of time, Socialism with Chinese characteristics is more deeply rooted in people's hearts, and the prospect of the great cause of peaceful reunification of the motherland is bright. Mazu culture on both sides of the Taiwan Province Strait will continue to heat up.
Meizhou has made a fortune, and overseas is more spiritual. Mazu culture has become a beautiful landscape with its diverse forms and infinite charm. There are more and more people enjoying it. The connotation of Mazu culture, such as peace, tranquility, humble benefit and diligent reward, has been continuously carried forward. I will try to make a pamphlet Mazu in Meizhou, which is calm and colorful, trying to express my understanding and feelings about Mazu culture through the superficial fog with a novel style and cheerful stereotyped writing. Pray for the spirit to bow to the west of Meizhou, so that God's word can inherit the sound of nature. This booklet will be helpful for reading and listening to the introduction of Mazu culture.
Mazu culture is like fog, rain and wind. As if absent, looming, subtle and hazy. Look ahead, suddenly how come back. What people may see is just the tip of the iceberg that has surfaced. For most people in modern society, it is not easy to know, understand, grasp and use Mazu culture. The primitive Mazu cultural activities include offering incense, making vows, worshipping mother, lighting lanterns, patrolling lanterns, dispersing blessings, offering sacrifices, passing through the furnace, separating spirits, praising and sealing, and praying silently. Sincere intentions and proper manners are required. Modern Mazu cultural activities are innovative and full of the color of the times. Poseidon's imperial journey will always help me. The door of Mazu culture is open to everyone, but it really needs sincerity and some time to accumulate if we want to step into the hall of truth, goodness and beauty of Mazu culture.
The right path in the world is vicissitudes. In the sun, suffering is a compulsory course for everyone's life. Everyone has a difficult book to read. Be a monk for a day and read the scriptures for a day; Sweep day by day and ring the bell day by day. Buddhism is also Mazu culture. Everyone can become a Buddha, but not everyone can become a Buddha. Mazu culture, of course, is also a kind of suffering culture. Mazu's short stories "Reading Well", "Crossing the Sea by Sitting on the Ground", "Crossing the River by Iron Horse" and "Looking for Brothers in the Sea" ... shine with the charming brilliance of romanticism. Everything in the story is the crystallization of Mazu's painstaking efforts and sweat. Mazu's short life of 28 years, running around day and night, rain or shine, suffering and suffering, experienced vicissitudes. The silent Mazu flower is watered with hard sweat.
Adults are uncomfortable, and they are uncomfortable. The rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar tea makes a couple grateful for a night, which is an immortal theme of life and the daily life of ordinary people. In contrast, Mazu culture is the "second" thing. China's orthodox culture has been Confucian culture since ancient times. The way of Confucius and Mencius is as bright as the sun and moon. From the mountain, the scenery stops, so study hard. Mazu culture is like fog, rain and wind. It is naturally beneficial to know something and learn from it. Like fog, like rain, like wind, it can only be understood, but not expressed. Forget yourself for the rest of your life, and you'll know soon. Theoretically, Mazu culture seems to have no expression, but in practice, the expression is rich, rich and choppy.
Many authors of Mazu cultural classics are followers of Confucius and Mencius. Confucius and Mencius believed that in addition to Liuhe, we should keep Liuhe, "I don't talk about the chaos in Machamp" and "stay away from ghosts and gods". The seemingly contradictory culture exists, but it exists harmoniously and miraculously. This is the magic of Mazu culture. Early morning is the best time for Mazu culture to make wishes and pray silently, and it is also the best time for people to communicate and think with God. Praying to Mazu is praying to the soul. Mazu lives in everyone's heart. Burning incense and meditation, seeking more happiness for yourself, is one of the best shortcuts to get into Mazu culture. Help yourself, help others, and help God. If you want to be safe, you must first firmly rely on yourself. God gave a man hands and brain, not just for fun. Mazu helps those who help themselves. Heaven rewards diligence.
Mazu culture believes that as long as you are right, the world must be right. The world can't be wrong, the society can't be wrong, the times can't be wrong, and Mazu can't be wrong. If you are wrong, the problem must be yourself. Don't blame others, don't harm others and don't benefit themselves, sit still and think often, and gossip is not directed at people. This is Mazu culture. Mazu culture is in no hurry. There has never been such a person. He dares to say that he has never been in a hurry and made mistakes. Making mistakes in busy work is one of the common mistakes and must be the most expensive one. The journey of life is full of fog, ups and downs, take your time and think twice before you act. It is meaningful to use a quarter of an hour in the morning to make overall arrangements for the day. Taking your time is also one of the shortcuts to get into Mazu culture.
Of course, don't think that studying, living and working means thinking for a long time. Indecisive people have wasted too much achievement and fun in life. Just like most things in human society, Mazu culture is simple, and the most important content of Mazu culture is to burn a incense in Mazu Tempel. Besides, from the perspective of mental reaction, all Mazu Tempel in the world are exactly the same. Simple, effective, sincere and spiritual, it is also one of the shortcuts to introduce Mazu culture. There are many in Mazu Tempel and all over the world. Among them, nearly 100 Mazu Tempel, such as Tianfu Palace in Singapore, Mazu Pavilion in Macau and Tianhou Niangniang Temple in Tianjin, are quite famous. Putian and Mazu Tempel in Taiwan Province are older and more authentic. The temple is not famous, but the heart is sincere. The most spiritual Mazu Tempel is always in the nearest place to a person.