Mazu
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Mazu is a revered Chinese sea goddess and patron deity of sailors and coastal communities, especially venerated in southern China and Taiwan.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mazu canonical | 48 |
| Tin Hau | 4 |
| sea goddess Mazu | 2 |
| 媽祖 | 2 |
| Mazu (Matsu) sea goddess | 1 |
| Mazu Miao | 1 |
| Mazu culture | 1 |
| Mazuism | 1 |
| Tianhou | 1 |
| 天上聖母 | 1 |
| 妈祖 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T755454 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mazu Context triple: [Tin How Temple, dedicatedTo, Mazu]
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A.
Guanyin
Guanyin is a revered bodhisattva in East Asian Buddhism associated with compassion and mercy, often depicted as a protective and benevolent figure who hears the cries of the world.
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B.
Yamate
Yamate is a historic hillside district in Yokohama known for its Western-style residences, foreign settlers’ heritage, and scenic views over the city and harbor.
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C.
Oya
Oya is a powerful Yoruba orisha associated with storms, winds, transformation, and the Niger River.
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D.
Foo Kok Keong
Foo Kok Keong is a former Malaysian badminton player renowned for his fighting spirit and contributions to Malaysia’s international badminton success in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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E.
Xuan
Xuan is a Vietnamese surname commonly used as a family name in Vietnam.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mazu Target entity description: Mazu is a revered Chinese sea goddess and patron deity of sailors and coastal communities, especially venerated in southern China and Taiwan.
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A.
Guanyin
Guanyin is a revered bodhisattva in East Asian Buddhism associated with compassion and mercy, often depicted as a protective and benevolent figure who hears the cries of the world.
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B.
Yamate
Yamate is a historic hillside district in Yokohama known for its Western-style residences, foreign settlers’ heritage, and scenic views over the city and harbor.
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C.
Oya
Oya is a powerful Yoruba orisha associated with storms, winds, transformation, and the Niger River.
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D.
Foo Kok Keong
Foo Kok Keong is a former Malaysian badminton player renowned for his fighting spirit and contributions to Malaysia’s international badminton success in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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E.
Xuan
Xuan is a Vietnamese surname commonly used as a family name in Vietnam.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese deity
ⓘ
folk deity ⓘ patron deity ⓘ sea goddess ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Empress of Heaven
ⓘ
Matsu ⓘ
linked to:
Matsu Islands
Tianhou ⓘ
linked to:
Mazu
|
| associatedWith |
maritime trade
ⓘ
protection at sea ⓘ rescue from shipwrecks ⓘ safe voyages ⓘ |
| cultCenter |
Dajia Jenn Lann Temple
ⓘ
Meizhou Ancestral Temple ⓘ
linked to:
Meizhou Mazu Temple
Meizhou Island ⓘ Meizhou Mazu Temple ⓘ Meizhou Mazu Temple in Putian ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
important symbol of maritime safety in Chinese culture
ⓘ
shared religious symbol among Chinese diaspora communities ⓘ |
| depictedAs |
goddess standing on waves
ⓘ
young woman in imperial robes ⓘ |
| festivalDate | 23rd day of the third lunar month ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasChineseName |
天上聖母
ⓘ
linked to:
Mazu
媽祖 ⓘ
linked to:
Mazu
|
| hasFestival | Mazu’s birthday ⓘ |
| mythologicalEra | Song dynasty ⓘ |
| patronOf |
coastal communities
ⓘ
fishermen ⓘ sailors ⓘ seafarers ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin |
Fujian
ⓘ
Meizhou Island ⓘ Putian ⓘ |
| religion |
Chinese folk religion
ⓘ
Mahayana Buddhism ⓘ
linked to:
Mahayana
Taoism ⓘ |
| symbol |
dragon boats
ⓘ
lanterns ⓘ sea waves ⓘ |
| UNESCOInscriptionCountry | China ⓘ |
| UNESCOInscriptionYear | 2009 ⓘ |
| UNESCOStatus | inscribed on UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
China
ⓘ
Fujian ⓘ Guangdong ⓘ
linked to:
Guangdong Province
Hong Kong ⓘ
linked to:
Hong Kong, China
Macau ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ Taiwan ⓘ
linked to:
Taiwan, Province of China
overseas Chinese communities ⓘ southern China ⓘ |
| worshipType |
pilgrimage
ⓘ
processions ⓘ temple worship ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Mazu Description of subject: Mazu is a revered Chinese sea goddess and patron deity of sailors and coastal communities, especially venerated in southern China and Taiwan.
Referenced by (63)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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subject linked to:
Meizhou Mazu Temple in Putian
subject linked to:
Meizhou Mazu Temple in Putian
linked to: Mazu
linked to: Mazu