Ma-Tsu Temple (San Francisco, California)
美國舊金山媽祖廟朝聖宮 | |
United States of America | |
| Coordinates | 37°47′47″N 122°24′23″W / 37.7965°N 122.4064°W |
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| Website | www |
The Ma-Tsu Temple is a
Its founding has been described as reflective of both a change in Chinese American demographics following the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 and the rise of a transnational Taiwanese-American community economically enabled by the Taiwan Miracle of the 1980s.[2]
The temple was originally located on
Tin How Temple two blocks to the south, which is likewise dedicated to Matsu (carrying one of her popular names in Cantonese
), but was founded in 1910 and is the oldest extant Taoist temple in Chinatown.
Bibliography
Miller, James (2006). Chinese Religions in Contemporary Societies. ISBN 9781851096268.
References
- ^ "Matsu Temple USA". Ma-Tsu Temple of U.S.A. Retrieved 2014-10-14.
- ^ ISBN 978-0822391166.
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