A-Ma Temple
The early-16th-century A-Ma Temple, made up of prayer halls, pavilions and courtyards built into a hill, is dedicated to the goddess of seafarers. It is also famous for giving Macau, meaning A-Ma-Gau or 'place of A-Ma', its name.
The story goes that A-Ma, a poor girl looking for passage to Canton, was refused by everyone except the crew of a fishing boat, who took her on board. A subsequent storm sank every boat except the fishing boat. On arrival in Macau she disappeared, only to reappear as a goddess, on the spot where the temple was built in her honour.
Three of the four pavilions are dedicated to A-Ma and house statues of the goddess together with a model of a junk and chapels to Buddhist and Taoist gods.
| Venue Information: | A-Ma Temple |
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| Directions: | Located on the southwest tip of Macau. |
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