Festival of Mazu
Mazu's birthday-festival is on the twenty-third day of the third lunar month of the Chinese calendar. It falls in late April or early May according to the Gregorian calendar.
- 2001: April 16
- 2002: May 5
- 2003: April 24
- 2004: May 10
- 2005: May 1
- 2006: April 20
- 2007: May 9
- 2008: April 28
- 2009: April 18
- 2010: May 6
- 2011: April 25
- 2012: April 13
- 2012: October 23 - attaining Immortality Anniversary
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