背景: 

从火车站到湄洲岛途中与网约车司机对话

内容: 

司机每年都会去参拜

庙里有信众住着

比较重点的两个节日：

农历3月23日妈祖诞辰

农历9月9日妈祖升天

外地：台湾、广东、浙江的妈祖庙会前来进香，平均每天都会有

莆田的沿海岸边都有小型妈祖庙

湄洲岛是妈祖升天的地方

每个村子里一般有2-3个妈祖庙

跟年龄有关系，年龄越大的就越虔诚

会请小的妈祖像到家里面

大小庙都是村民和外面的信徒自己出钱修的，经过几十年的积累

Background:

Conversation with a rideshare driver en route from the train station to Meizhou Island.

Content:

The driver visits the Mazu temple each year to pay respects.

Some devotees reside in the temple.

Two key festivals are celebrated:

Mazu’s birthday on the 23rd day of the 3rd lunar month.

Mazu’s ascension on the 9th day of the 9th lunar month.

Pilgrims from other regions, including Taiwan, Guangdong, and Zhejiang, come to make offerings, with visitors almost daily.

Small Mazu temples are found all along the coast of Putian.

Meizhou Island is where Mazu ascended to heaven.

Each village generally has 2-3 Mazu temples.

Devotion often deepens with age; older individuals tend to be more devout.

Some families bring small Mazu statues into their homes.

Both large and small temples are funded by villagers and outside believers, with support accumulating over decades.