During this period, all of its leaders received a title from the emperor. Emperor Taizong personally visited three of the temples on Maoshan, and in 731 the Xuanzong emperor put Shangqing deities in ...
For the first time, the festival features a giant float depicting Maso, a Taoist sea goddess with ... at the Oma Inari shrine along with other deities. After that, belief in Maso persisted ...