<p><span style="text-wrap-mode: nowrap;">Meizhou is the birthplace of Mazu, Meizhou Mazu Temple is the birthplace of Mazu beliefs and customs, and its sacrificial ceremonies are the paradigm of the world's "Mazu Festival", with high specifications and prominent status, so it is particularly valued by the world. After thousands of years of inheritance, as well as innovation and practice in the new era, the "Meizhou Mazu Festival" was included in the national "List of Intangible Cultural Heritage" in 2006. Subsequently, in 2009, Mazu Beliefs and Customs was inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, and the Meizhou Mazu Festival was an important part of it.</span></p><p><span style="text-wrap-mode: nowrap;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="text-wrap-mode: nowrap;">The history of the Mazu festival can be traced back to the time when Mazu was enshrined after his ascension to heaven in the Song Dynasty.</span></p><p><span style="text-wrap-mode: nowrap;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="text-wrap-mode: nowrap;">According to historical records, during the period when the Mazu belief in the Song Dynasty was born, the ritual of worshiping Mazu was relatively simple, and its scale could not be very large; In the Yuan Dynasty, the scale and specifications of Mazu belief were improved, and the specifications of worshipping Mazu were expanded accordingly; In the Ming Dynasty, the Mazu belief was further spread and extended overseas, and Mazu worship activities were further developed; In the Qing Dynasty, the area and the number of believers in the spread of the Mazu faith were unprecedentedly expanded, and the Mazu worship activities also reached their peak.</span></p><p><br/></p>