Talk:Matsu (goddess)
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[edit] The woman's death
For some reason, I remembered Lin Muoniang died because she tried to save her 2 brothers and father from drowning when their boat flipped. And to reply her mother's call on the shore, she opened her mouth, thereby dropping one of her family member she was carrying by the mouth. And somehow she drowned after that. Mmm... it sounds a bit ironic. In any case, in no online references did I find such a thing, none even mentioned how she died, so young! Does anybody know? --Menchi 12:15 29 Jun 2003 (UTC)
- Found how she died when working on the Matsu Islands article. I was wrong about them not relating. Although some of those articles providing her death cause mistaken the Matsu Islands being her origin, her birthplace. --Menchi 19:25 29 Jun 2003 (UTC)
[edit] Further reading
- 天后信仰與政治秩序：香港與台灣的比較 (Matsu Worships and Political Order: Hong Kong-Taiwan Comparison) (in Traditional Chinese)
[edit] Matsu or Mazu?
Matsu or Mazu? Is pinyin a good idea? --Jiang
- I don't think pinyin works here. My understanding is that her name, being non-pinyin, is in the Sun Yat-sen category. Moreover, "Matsu" isn't a personal name. Lastly, Matsu is actually more popular in Taiwan, than in China. Much more so, if you be mathematical and take the density (100 Matsuians/1 km²). --Menchi 20:56 16 Jul 2003 (UTC)
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- I am moving it back to Matsu. It is more widely used, and a Google test supports it. --HYC 17:53, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Mazu's festival
The article says:
- Her birthday-festival is on 23 March of the lunar calendar.
This is misleading: I'm sure her festival is on the 23rd day of the Fourth lunar month. This year it's on 30 May, in the Gregorian calendar. I'll try and correct the sentence as best I can. --Gareth Hughes 14:08, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
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- It's the 23rd day of the 3rd month, according to Holidays in Taiwan. So, it should be May 1 in 2005. -- PFHLai 19:03, 2005 May 24 (UTC)
[edit] Notoriety?
The article currently states that the Matsu temple in Los Angeles has gained "notoriety." Is that really what is meant? Notoriety is a kind of fame, but for something bad-- if the temple is disliked, perhaps the article should say why.
[edit] Popular with Vietnamese?
I'm Vietnamese from a region that's very close to the sea and have never heard of her. Can she be "extremely popular" among the Vietnamese people? DHN 07:03, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Green and red generals
I've seen Matsu festivals in Taiwan ; Matsu always had a pair of tall military helpers drawing. One of them is red and hears all (順風耳) and the other is green and sees all (千里眼). We should write about them. David.Monniaux 11:26, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
