Mei-chou

English

Etymology

From the Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin 湄洲 (Méizhōu), Wade–Giles romanization: Mei²-chou¹.

Proper noun

Mei-chou

1. Alternative form of Meizhou
   • 1996, Vivian-Lee Nyitray, “The Sea Goddess and the Goddess of Democracy”, in The Annual Review of Women in World Religions‎^[1], volume IV, State University of New York Press, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, →OL, page 164:

     At exactly 9:00 a.m. on May 5, 1989, 220 fishermen in nineteen boats sailed out from Su-ao Harbor in I-lan County on Taiwan's east coast; officially, they were going to fish the waters off P'eng-chia, an island seventy nautical miles north of Taiwan. Unofficially, however, they were charting a course westward some two hundred nautical miles toward the Fukien coast to Ma-tsu's traditional birthplace, the island of Mei-chou.

   • [2007 April, Julie Grundvig, “TAIWAN”, in The Asia Book: A Journey Through Every Country in the Continent‎^[2], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 104, columns 1, 2:

     Matsu, goddess of the sea, is the most revered deity of Taiwan. Legend has it that Matsu was once a real person named Lin Mo, born to fisherfolk on Meizhou Island in Fujian, China. It is said that Lin Mo loved the sea and would often stand on the seashore and guide ships safely to shore. On a stormy night, Lin Mo drowned while saving a sailor and her body washed up on the shores of Nankan Island, Matsu, where she was buried by the villagers. Temples were built to honour the young woman and her popularity eventually spread as far as Japan and Southeast Asia. Today there are over 500 temples dedicated to her around Taiwan.]

   • 2010, Jen Green, Chinese and Japanese Myths‎^[3], Gareth Stevens, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 22:

     Before she became a goddess, T'ien Hou had been human. As a little girl, she lived on the island of Mei-chou.

   • n.d., “啟天宮 [Chi-tien Kong]”, in 萬華社區大學 [Taipei Wan Hua Community College]‎^[4], archived from the original on 06 September 2022:

     Matsu's last name was Lin and her family name was Mo . She was born on a small island called Mei-chow, Putien County, Fukien .

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Mei-chou.

Translations

Meizhou — see Meizhou