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Qiaodou Village

Coordinates: 25°18′26″N 119°12′15″E / 25.30722°N 119.20417°E / 25.30722; 119.20417
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Qiaodou
桥兜村
Qiaodou is located in Fujian
Qiaodou
Qiaodou
Location in Fujian
Coordinates: 25°18′26″N 119°12′15″E / 25.30722°N 119.20417°E / 25.30722; 119.20417
CountryPRC
ProvinceFujian
City (Prefecture)Putian
District (County)Licheng
TownHuangshi
Population
 (2010)
1,000
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Qiaodou
Traditional Chinese橋兜
Simplified Chinese桥兜
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinQiáodōu
Former names
Ninghai
Traditional Chinese寧海
Simplified Chinese宁海
Literal meaningPacifying the Sea(s)
Pacified Sea(s)
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinNínghǎi

Qiaodou Village is a village under the administration of Huangshi in Putian's Licheng District on the central coast of Fujian Province, China.[1][2] It had about 1,000 people during the 2010 census.

Geography

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Qiaodou lies on the southern Putian Plain northwest of the Houhai bay or lake.

History

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Qiaodou was known as Ninghai during the Song and Ming.[3] It is still home to the ancient stone Ninghai Bridge over a branch of the Mulan.[4]

Religion

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Qiaodou is the site of the earliest-attested temple to the Chinese sea goddess Mazu, the deified form of the 10th-century shamaness Lin Moniang.[5] Supposedly, Lin was born on nearby Meizhou Island, usually regarded as the cradle of her cult, but she probably spent her adult life on the mainland.[6] In 1086, she joined the deities venerated at the town's "Holy Mound" (圣墩, Shengdun) after appearing to the villagers in their dreams following a series of mysterious lights at the mound.[7]

The main temple in the Qiaodou area today is the Jiucha Temple (纠察庙) honoring the Great God of Jiucha (纠察大神). Its religious processions occur on the second and third days of the second lunar month.[3]

References

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Citations

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  1. ^ 2018年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码:黄石镇 [2018 Statistical Area Numbers and Rural-Urban Area Numbers: Huangshi Town] (in Simplified Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. 2018. Retrieved 2019-03-24. 350304101229 112 桥兜村委会
  2. ^ 黄石镇 [Huangshi Town] (in Simplified Chinese). XZQH.org. 2015-07-11. Retrieved 2019-03-24. 辖{...}桥兜、{...}36个行政村{...}【2013年代码及城乡分类】350304101:{...}~229 112桥兜村
  3. ^ a b Dean et al. (2010), p. 226.
  4. ^ Luo & al. (1993).
  5. ^ Clark (2007), p. 203.
  6. ^ Clark (2006), p. 224.
  7. ^ Soo (1990), p. 31.

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