Home›Sources›UNESCO, "Mazu Belief and Customs," Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, 2009SourcesUNESCO, "Mazu Belief and Customs," Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, 2009Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "UNESCO, "Mazu Belief and Customs," Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, 2009." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/unesco-mazu-belief-and-customs-2009.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). UNESCO, "Mazu Belief and Customs," Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, 2009. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/unesco-mazu-belief-and-customs-2009Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-unesco-mazu-belief-and-customs-represent, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {UNESCO, "Mazu Belief and Customs," Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, 2009}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/unesco-mazu-belief-and-customs-2009}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXUNESCO's own listing for Mazu belief and customs, inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2009. Its strength is that it is an international body's own formal documentation of Mazu worship as a genuinely living tradition, naming its ceremonies, household practices and approximately five thousand temples worldwide. Its limit is that it documents the tradition itself rather than this specific television series, so it is cited here to ground the living, ongoing nature of the religion the series dramatizes.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (20 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1Tier one: UNESCO's own listing for Mazu belief and customs, inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2009, an international body's own formal documentation of Mazu worship as a living tradition. Its limit is that it documents the tradition itself rather than this specific television series, so it is cited here to ground the living, ongoing nature of the religion the series dramatizes.NotesWell-attestedRead directly during research. Cited for the 2009 inscription, the approximately five thousand temples worldwide, and the twice yearly temple fairs and household worship practices the listing describes.CitationPublisherWell-attestedUNESCOPublication YearWell-attested2009URLWell-attestedhttps://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/mazu-belief-and-customs-00227Source TypeWell-attestedInternational bodyCross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithMazu, Deities Well-attested This source names Mazu directly: "UNESCO's own listing for Mazu belief and customs, inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2009."Source UNESCO, "Mazu Belief and Customs," Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, 2009tier 1Claims Backed By This Source (20 claims)This source backs 20 claims across the atlas. As facts: 14 well-attested. As cited relationships: 3 holds. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicScreen Works, 10 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 holds, 2 general references.Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.Articles, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.Well-attested14ArticlesMillions of Believers, One Sea GoddessScreen WorksMazu (2012)The Mazu Belief and CustomsSourcesUNESCO, "Mazu Belief and Customs," Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, 2009Holds3Screen WorksThe Mazu Belief and CustomsSourcesUNESCO, "Mazu Belief and Customs," Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, 2009General References3ArticlesMillions of Believers, One Sea GoddessScreen WorksMazu (2012)The Mazu Belief and CustomsComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year