Located on the southeastern slope of the Dajiao Mountain in Guangzhou City China tour deals, Nansha Tianhou Palace is facing the Lingdingyang (Lingding Ocean), the mouth of the Pearl River. Covering an area about 100 hectares (247.1 acres), the architecture of Nansha Tianhou Palace combines both the style of the Forbidden City in Beijing and the sublimity of Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Mausoleum in Nanjing. It is the largest palace compound of its category in the world. It is regard as the 'First Tianhou Palace under Heaven' and the biggest Mazu Temple in southeastern Asia, which reflects its important position in the history.
Built in the Ming Dynasty, the temple was renovated during the reign of Emperor Qianlong (1737-1795) in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Unfortunately, it was ruined later. The palace we see today was rebuilt in 1994 and completed in 1996. In fact, it is the copy edition of the former.

In order to express our respect for the Goddess of Tianhou, Tianhou Palace was built. Actually, Tianhou is also called Mazu by the people, whose real name is Linmo (960-987). There are many moving stories about her helping people in shipwrecks, thus, she was thought to be the incarnation of the goddess of sea. There are over 100 million believers in more than twenty countries and the number is increasing every year.

Covering an area of 1.5 hectares (about 3.7 acres), Tianhou Square is the first reach if you arrive at the Tianhou Palace China travel service. A huge statue of the Goddess of Tianhou stands at the center of the square, which faces the Lingdingyang and is about 14.5 meters (about 47.6 feet) in height, made of 365 pieces of granite. It symbolizes that the Tianhou could bless fishermen and brings pleasant weather for the whole year. It is the reason that why so many people believe the Goddess.
You can see the memorial archway behind the square, which is the name of the palace written over the top, and some inscriptions written on both sides. Once you have gone through it, you will come to the main gate where honored the statues of two legendary immortals, Clairvoyance (thousand-mile eye) and clairaudience (wind-accompanying ear), which are really famous in China legend and even the child have a impression on them.

After entering the gate, you will come to the Hall of Blessing where a statue of Tianhou is honored. She is procted by four Dragon Kings (the Gods of the sea) holding up a jade tablet and standing at each side. Then you will come to the Main Hall, the center of the whole palace. In the hall, two statues of Tianhou are honored in a shrine. One is 3.8 meters (about 12.5 feet) in height, plated and carved from the fragrant sandalwood. The other is noted as 'soft-body' statue, whose hand and foot joints are movable. The entire Main Hall is full of a sense of benevolence and majesty, rectitude and holiness. Behind it, you will see the resting Hall, the living room of the Goddess of Tianhou, where a sitting sculpture of Tianhou is displayed together with some simple instruments of her daily life China shopping.

It is an 8-storey building at the very back of the palace is the Nanling Tower, which rises to a height of 45 meters (about 148 feet) and is the highest point of the whole palace. It is spread widely among Chinese people that the code of a God is singular, while that of a Goddess is plural. Owing to it, the number of all stories, steps and tiles is plural in the Tianhou Palace.

What’s more, there are seven forts together called Dajiao Mountain Forts in the palace, which have been listed as national priority cultural relic protection sites in 1982. Moreover, the Free Life Pond is also worth a visit, where you could set free small creatures. Nansha Tianhou Palace attracts a lot of visitors by its charming scenic beauty and classical buildings every year. It is obviously deserves a visit on your trip to Guangzhou. It will not disappoint you.

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