天后即为妈祖,原名林默,北宋年间诞生于福建莆田市湄州岛上。她生前经常在海上救助海难船及渔民,逝后被尊为海神。我国宋、元、明几朝册封其为天姑、天妃,清康熙二十二年(1683年)册封为天后。妈祖庙宇遍及沿海各地和东南亚各国;全世界约有2500座妈祖天后宫。国家邮政局2005年1月30日发行5枚《台湾古迹》邮票中,有1枚为台湾澎湖天后宫。 Matsu day is, formerly known as Lin Mo, Song was born in Putian, Fujian Meizhou island. She often salvaged shipwrecks and fishermen during her lifetime and was respected as Poseidon after her death. China’s Song, Yuan, Ming dynasty seal it as a tamil, TIAN Fei, Qing Emperor Kangxi twenty-two years (1683) as the days of the seal. Matsu temples all over the coast and Southeast Asian countries; the world about 2500 Mazu Temple. Among the five stamps issued by the State Post Bureau on January 30, 2005, “Taiwan’s historic sites,” one is the Tianhou Temple in Penghu, Taiwan.