People attend a grand praying ceremony for sea goddess Mazu at the 19th China Meizhou Mazu Cultural Tourism Festival in Putian, Southeast China's Fujian province, Dec 2, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]
China Meizhou Mazu Cultural Tourism Festival kicks off
The festival kicked off Saturday on Meizhou Island, the home town to Mazu. Mazu belief and customs was inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in 2009.