Penghu Tianhou Temple

Penghu Tianhou Temple
The temple entrance (2017)
Traditional Chinese天后
Simplified Chinese天后
Literal meaningPalace of the Heavenly Empress
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinTiānhòu Gōng
Wade–GilesTʻien-hou Kung
Tianfei Temple
Traditional Chinese天妃
Simplified Chinese天妃[1]
Literal meaningPalace of the Heavenly Consort
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinTiānfēi Gōng
Wade–GilesTʻien-fei Kung
Mazu Temple
Traditional Chinese媽祖
Simplified Chinese妈祖[1]
Literal meaningPalace of the Maternal Ancestor
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinMāzǔ Gōng
Wade–GilesMa-tsu Kung
Niang Temple
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese[1]
Literal meaningPalace of the Lady
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinNiánggōng
Wade–GilesNiang Kung
Maniang Temple
Traditional Chinese媽娘
Simplified Chinese妈娘[1]
Literal meaningPalace of the Mother-&-Lady
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinMāniáng Gōng
Wade–GilesMa-niang Kung
Roof decorations (2018)
Temple of the Honorable Mother
Traditional Chinese娘媽
Simplified Chinese娘妈[1]
Literal meaningTemple of the Lady-&-Mother
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinNiángmā Gōng
Wade–GilesNiang-ma Kung
Temple of the Mother
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese[1]
Literal meaningTemple of the Mother
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinMāgōng
Wade–GilesMa Kung

The Penghu Tianhou Temple is a temple dedicated to the sea goddess Mazu located on Zhengyi Street in Magong City, Penghu, Taiwan. It is usually considered the oldest Mazu temple in Taiwan and, despite differences in characters, is the namesake of the surrounding city of Magong. It is open from 7:00 am to 5:30 pm daily.[2]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "澎湖天后宫", Mafengwo (in Chinese), retrieved 22 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Mazu Temple", Penghu National Scenic Area, Magong: Tourism Bureau of the PNSA, 2016.