The Palace Temple of Laoma Gong ("Ancestral Mother") on Dezhou Island (aka Mayu Island), which is dedicated to the goddess Matsu (alternatively, Mazu), who is the Guanyin figure of this part of China, i.e., ancient Lingnan (note that Guanyin is known as the Goddess of the Sea, and is the patron saint, as it were, of seafarers - statues of her, some of enormous proportions, can be found all along China's coast.