Not many know that Shi Weiliang had tried his hand at writing soundtracks for several films throughout the course of his creative career. These movies include Hsi Shih, Beauty of Beauties, directed by Li Han-hsiang in 1965, A Perturbed Girl, directed by Sung Tsun-shou in 1965, Fire Bulls, directed by Lee Hsing, Lee Chia, and Pai Jingrui in 1966, and Call of the Mountains, directed by Yeung Man-gam in 1967. Shi took up the job of writing soundtracks because his friend Guo Ren who was the art director in those films had recommended him. ...

In old black and white footage we can see the tracks of Mazu belief ’s development in Taiwan. The sea has always been a “good sea”, providing food and used for transport, but it can also be a sea of misery, full of fear and uncertainty. This dual personality made the people who lived beside it and sailed on it respect and fear the sea. In Asia, Mazu is the most important sea god/goddess in southeast China and Taiwan, Okinawa, Korea and Japan in northeast Asia, and Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. .....