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南方澳の漁港にある廟で海の安全を祈願するために建てられています。三種類の馬祖があり、一階から普通、二階が翡翠、三階が黄金となっていてそれぞれ叶えてくれるお願いが分かれています。トイレは綺麗ですがちょっと臭いです。

媽祖は航海の神様で、南方澳漁港の真ん前に大きな廟が鎮座しています。行くたびにお祭りのようなにぎわいで、爆竹が鳴り響き、台湾各地から媽祖像を運んで踊る人たちを目にします。異文化を体験できるスポットです。

南方澳漁港の前に立つ媽祖廟です。媽祖は航海の安全を守る女神で、同廟には金色の媽祖像があり、地元の船乗りたちの信仰を集めているそうです。台湾東部でも有名な媽祖廟で、他の地域の媽祖廟の信者たちが地元の媽祖像を南天宮に巡礼させる姿がよく見られ、爆竹を鳴らして媽祖像を運ぶ様は台湾の土着文化の趣を感じさせます。

In January 2020 my wife and I included a 6 night Wendy Wu private tour of Taiwan as part of our 18 day Asian trip we arranged to celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary. On day one of the tour, on the way to Taroko National Park from Taipei, we made a stop for lunch at Nanfang’ao Fishing Port in Su’ao Township, located in the south eastern corner of Yilan County on the north eastern coast of Taiwan and 75 km drive from Taipei. As well as being a busy fishing port, Nanfang'ao is home to the Nantian Temple dedicated to Matsu (Mazu), goddess of the sea who is said to protect fishermen and sailors. The Nantian Temple is a three story building. A climb up the steps to the top balcony of the temple is well worth the effort because from the top you get a magnificent vista of the fishing port in all its splendour. The temple roof adorned with dragon figures is so ornate and offers a wonderful foreground to the excellent view of the village and the harbour from this vantage point. There is a feature statue of the Matsu on each of the three floors of the Temple. There is a statue of Matsu with a human face, a black –faced statue of Matsu made of jade and a gold Matsu statue made from 200 kilograms of gold. In addition to these three main statues there are also five Matsu statues in the Temple that originated from Meishou in mainland China. The Temple is beautifully presented and elaborately decorated. We were fortunate that there were not many other people visiting the Temple during our visit there. This enabled us to take a closer look at the Temple's many enduring features. We enjoyed a great seafood lunch in an unpretentious restaurant in one of the main streets, one of many that can be found in the village. The tour of the Nantian Temple was an added bonus and was a pleasing and moving experience. In our view it is an attraction not to be missed if travellers happen to plan to visit or just happen to stumble upon Nanfang’ao Fishing Port in their travels.

這是一間富具歷史色彩的廟宇，和大甲鎮瀾宮的金身媽祖有異曲同工之妙。廟前的漁港訴語人們說著漁民對宗教的信仰與熱忱，增添了廟宇的神秘色彩。