Ma-tsu

Mat-Su English thumb|Map including MA-TSU (ISLAND) zh 馬祖, MA-TSU HAI-HSIA zh 馬祖海峽 and MA-TSU AO zh 馬祖澳 (Army Map Service AMS, 1954) Etymology 1 From the en cmn-wadegiles - romanization of en cmn 馬祖// Ma³-tsu³.Matsu Island, (Wade-Giles) Ma-tsu Tao, in Encyclopædia Britannica Pronunciation mäʹtso͞oʹ Proper noun 1 1 en Matsu (island). en 1980 w:Russell Warren Howe Orders of Battle, Balances of Power Weapons: The International Game of Arms, Money and Diplomacy https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780385128094/ Garden City, New York w:Doubleday & Company 0-385-12809-6 79-7494 760333171 177 https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780385128094/page/177/ The armed forces of 470,000 include about 330,000 soldiers. There is also a militia of 100,000. The Army has Hawk and Nike-Hercules missiles. Eighty thousand troops are deployed on Quemoy and Ma-tsu islands, within swimming distance of China's Amoy harbor. Army reserves total about 1 million. en 1992 Gregory W. Pedlow; Donald E. Welzenbach The Central Intelligence Agency and Overhead Reconnaissance: The U-2 and Oxcart Programs, 1954–1974 https://archive.org/details/CentralIntelligenceAgencyAndOverheadReconnaissanceU2AndOXCARTPrograms19541974/ w:Washington, D.C. 0-7881-8326-5 39902963 229 https://archive.org/details/CentralIntelligenceAgencyAndOverheadReconnaissanceU2AndOXCARTPrograms19541974/page/n241/ https://web.archive.org/web/20170824233215/https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB434/docs/U2%20-%20Chapter%205.pdf The Nationalist Government reported a massive buildup of PRC troops and aircraft in Fukien Province opposite the Nationalist-held Quemoy and Ma-tsu Islands. en 1992 Richard Louis Edmonds The Changing Geography of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau Graham P. Chapman; Kathleen M. Baker The Changing Geography of Asia https://archive.org/details/changinggeograph0000unse/ w:Routledge 0-415-05707-8 91-44801 638135557 160 https://archive.org/details/changinggeograph0000unse/page/160/ Since 1949, Taiwan has remained under Nationalist (Kuomintang) control along with the off-shore islands of Chin-men (Kinmen) and Ma-tsu (Lien-chiang County) in Fujian Province. Chin-men and Lien-chiang County are to end their period of direct military rule and to elect their first country magistrates in 1993. en Translations Matsu References Further reading Etymology 2 From the Wade-Giles romanization of en cmn 媽祖. Proper noun 1 1 en Matsu (goddess) en 1996 The Annual Review of Women in World Religions: Volume IV Arvind Sharma; Katherine K. Young 165 Early settlers of Taiwan in the 17th century came from coastal communities in China, and through the process of "incense division" [fen-hsiang]. brought images of Ma-tsu with them from mainland "mother" temples. en 2000 Prosperity, Region, and Institutions in Maritime China Billy Kee Long So; Jilang Su 269 The effect of religious beliefs on the merchant's behavior may also be explored by examining the local cult of the Heavenly Consort (Ma-tsu or T'ien-hou). en 2001 Kuan-yin: The Chinese Transformation of Avalokitesvara Chün-fang Yü 413 The worship of important goddesses such as Ma-tsu (familiarly known as “Granny”), Pi- hsia Yüan-chün (Niang-niang or “Nanny”), and the Unborn Mother flourished after Kuan-yin became feminine during the Sung and came to serve some of the needs of Chinese people that had gone unfulfilled by the territorial and bureaucratic male gods. en 2008 The Woman Who Ate Chinatown: A San Francisco Odyssey Shirley Fong-Torres 100 On the side street between Pacific and Jackson, this Taoist and Buddhist temple houses the Goddess Ma-Tsu, who looks after travelers and visitors. Anagrams en amstu Maust musta sumat