Mazu and the spirit of marine culture in China?

Mazu is a nautical god with oriental cultural characteristics, which is in sharp contrast with Poseidon, the sea god with trident in the western world. In Poseidon, people see the characteristics of adventure, conquest, plunder, fraud and hegemony of western marine culture, which reflect the dark side of Europa's character. On the basis of China people's belief in Mazu, people see the cultural spirit of China's marine culture-peace, freedom, equality and survival.

Since the Song Dynasty, China people have been sailing for nearly a thousand years, which has cultivated the sailing spirit of China people. As Hegel pointed out, sailing is a risky activity, and the East China Sea is a stormy sea ravaged by typhoons, so sailing is very dangerous. However, residents of China's coastal areas, Fujian and Guangdong, bravely explored the waters of East Asia and Southeast Asia. Judging from the distribution of Mazu Tempel in the East, there are Mazu Tempel buildings in Southeast Asia, Japan, South Korea and Ryukyu, which reflects the brave adventurous spirit of China people and their efforts to conquer the ocean.

However, China's conquest of the ocean has never been confined to nature, unlike the navigation activities of westerners, which expanded the conquest of the ocean to the conquest of people. Therefore, there are great differences between Chinese and western marine cultures on this point, thus forming different cultural views.

Generally speaking, under the guidance of Mazu culture, the development of marine culture in China presents a unique and harmonious appearance, which is completely different from that in Europe. If East Asia had not been invaded by European and American colonialism, according to the development law of East Asian culture, the Oriental Ocean should have been a sea of peace with peaceful exchanges as the mainstream. However, the spread of European culture to the East has changed the style of the Oriental Ocean. See Mazu, China for details. com ~ ~