Actresses perform in a memorial ceremony for Mazu, the goddess of the sea, during a tourism festival in the Meizhou Island in Putian City, southeast China's Fujian Province, Nov. 1, 2011. The tourism festival themed on Mazu culture, which kicked off here on Tuesday, attracted tens of thousands of worshippers from the mainland and southeast China's Taiwan. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)
People attend a memorial ceremony for Mazu, the goddess of the sea, during a tourism festival in the Meizhou Island in Putian City, southeast China's Fujian Province, Nov. 1, 2011. The tourism festival themed on Mazu culture, which kicked off here on Tuesday, attracted tens of thousands of worshippers from the mainland and southeast China's Taiwan. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)
A memorial ceremony for Mazu, the goddess of the sea, is held during a tourism festival in the Meizhou Island in Putian City, southeast China's Fujian Province, Nov. 1, 2011. The tourism festival themed on Mazu culture, which kicked off here on Tuesday, attracted tens of thousands of worshippers from the mainland and southeast China's Taiwan. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)
Singers and actors perform during a tourism festival themed on culture of Mazu, the goddess of the sea, in the Meizhou Island in Putian City, southeast China's Fujian Province, Nov. 1, 2011. The tourism festival, which kicked off here on Tuesday, attracted tens of thousands of worshippers from the mainland and southeast China's Taiwan. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)
