the Ruins of the Cathedral of Saint Paul
With a history of more than 350 years, it is the most familiar symbol of Macao tourism and a relic of the front wall of St. Paul's church. "Sanba" is the transliteration of "St. Paul", and it is also called "great Sanba archway" because its appearance is similar to that of traditional Chinese archway.
Opening hours: Catholic Art Museum and cemetery from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. daily
Admission: free admission
Traffic directions: take bus No.10, 10a, 11, 21a, 2, 3, 3a, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8a, 26a, 33 and get off at Xinma Road, and then follow the pavilion front and walking path. 17. 18, 8a, 26 get off at baigechao terminus and go along shizai road.
Tips: in addition to enjoying the magnificent front wall, you should pay more attention to the exquisite relief and its meaning on the archway (front wall).
Oriental fort, church, lighthouse and air raid shelter
Dongwangyang Fort (network photo)
Located at the highest point of the Macao Peninsula, it was built in the 17th century. The chapel on the fort, the Church of the virgin snow hall, was built in 1622 and has the architectural features of the 17th century Portuguese convent. After renovation in 1996, the original appearance of the holy hall and hall was restored. The combination of Chinese and Western murals has been found in the process of repair.
The Oriental lighthouse is the first lighthouse in China's coastal areas. It was built by a Portuguese native of Macao. There is a telescope beside the lighthouse for tourists to have a bird's-eye view of the city.
On the top of Dongwangyang (Songshan), in addition to the famous lighthouse, there are also several Fort forts and air raid shelters. The air raid shelter is composed of four groups of tunnels, which used to be a military restricted area and is heavily guarded. The maximum length of the four groups of air raid shelters is 456 meters, and the shortest is only 47 meters. There are generators, lounges and oil storage tanks, as well as lifts to the lighthouse fort. The renovated air raid shelter was opened to the public in early October 2003. Today, visitors can see the real situation of the air raid shelter from the precious historical pictures and introductions placed on the wall.
Erlonghou park is located at the foot of Yangshan mountain in the east of Macao tourism. From the east of Yangshan fort, you can walk down the mountain or take a sightseeing cable car to erlonghou park. It only takes about a minute to take the cable car.
Opening hours: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. (closed on Mondays, except public holidays).
Tel: (853) 8394 3703 / (853) 8988 4000
Opening hours: 9:00-17:30, the Oriental lighthouse is not open to the public on weekdays. The lighthouse will be open to the public on May 20, the annual Port Authority day.
Tel: 00853-28595481
Traffic direction: to get to the top of the mountain, passengers can either take a taxi directly or take a cable car from erlonghou park at the foot of the mountain and then follow the walking route. Bus 2, 6, 9, 9a, 12, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 28c, 32 can be reached.
Macau Fisherman's Wharf
Macau Fisherman's Wharf (online photo)
Macao fisherman's Wharf is the first theme cultural, creative, entertainment and tourism complex in Macao. It is located on the coast of the new reclamation area of the outer port, covering an area of more than 111500 square meters. It integrates food, shopping, entertainment, theme park, accommodation and exhibition facilities. It combines different architectural features and Chinese and Western cultures to make Macao tourists break through the regional boundaries and experience the characteristics of different regions.
Admission: free admission
Address: Friendship Road and Sun Yat Sen Road, Macau New Port
Tel: (853) 8299 3300
Fax: (853) 8299 3581
Leal Senado Building
Home Affairs Department building (network photo)
The building of the General Administration of civil affairs is the most prominent Portuguese style building in Macao. The Municipal Library in the building is located on the second floor, next to the conference room. There is a room for collecting contemporary literary works, newspapers and magazines, with simple layout; the other two rooms are built after the library of Coimbra University in Portugal, fully reflecting the artistic level of Portuguese woodcut. The ceiling is golden and white, and there are classical lamp stands, which are very elegant. The library also treasures the classics printed in Macao and other places since the 15th century. The former building of the General Administration of Civil Affairs (the former town hall building) was built in 1784 as a Chinese style conference hall building. Its current scale was formed when it was rebuilt in 1874. It has obvious architectural art features of southern Europe. The library on the first floor has the first foreign language (Portuguese) "bee China newspaper".
The library is open to the public from 1 noon to 7 pm every day.
Opening hours: 9:00-21:00 (gallery and garden), closed on Monday.
Traffic direction: bus 2, 3, 3a, 4, 5, 7, 8a, 10, 10a, 11, 18, 19, 21a, 26a, 33.
Tips: at present, two free guided tours (45 minutes for each session and 5 minutes for intermission) are arranged in the building of the home affairs department every Saturday and Sunday from 3:00 to 4:35 PM. The visitors are guided by the tour guides to visit the building, and introduce the architectural features, historical changes, stone carvings, etc. Free guide service hotline: (853) 8394 3783 / 8898 6410 Mazu Cultural Village
Mazu Cultural Village (network photo)
The main building of the Mazu cultural village, which was planned and constructed by the Macao Chinese Mazu foundation, was celebrated earlier. The architectural style of Tianhou palace is designed and constructed according to the traditional regulations of Chinese ancient architecture. It is a tourist facility integrating the ancient architectural art, religion, folk custom, culture, leisure and other values in Southern Fujian.
On December 10, 2003, a beam erecting ceremony was held on December 10, 2003. The dressing house is the daily living place of Mazu. It is an important part of the building complex of Tianhou palace. It is also a necessary building for the layout of large Mazu temple. It is built according to the ancient architectural style of Southern Fujian. It is a two-story antique pavilion with stone and wood structure, covering an area of nearly 3000 feet. It is planned to be completed by the end of March 2004. According to the traditional layout of the dressing house, the statue of Avalokitesvara will be placed on the second floor for pilgrims to worship. After the completion of the dressing house, the construction of the Tin Hau palace in Macau Tourism Mazu cultural village has also been completed.
Located on the top of dieshitang mountain, Tianhou palace covers an area of 7000 square meters. The overall building includes four buildings: corridor, pavilion gate, altar, hall and dressing building. There are bell tower, Drum Tower, North-South Corridor and veranda on both sides of the building.
The main temple group of Tianhou palace starts from the corridor beside the high top road around the road. In the middle, there are two dragon and six stone steps.
The mountain gate is a pavilion type archway of wood and stone structure, with two big stone lions sitting majestically on both sides. The front porch has a pair of blue stone dragon pillars, high and low eaves, antique buildings on the top of the mountain top, wooden arch row buildings, golden yellow glazed tile roof, and swallow tail ridge of Southern Fujian style. The ridge top is made of various kinds of colored porcelain, with double dragons fighting for pearls. All kinds of colorful paintings are painted between the beams and eaves of the whole gate row building, which is colorful and magnificent.
The main hall of Tianhou palace is also made of wood and stone. The golden glazed tile roof is equipped with swallow tail ridge of Southern Fujian style. The ridge top is decorated with colored porcelain "double dragon pagoda". The cornice is decorated with various colors of pile cutting and rolling grass flowers. The front of the hall is decorated with six blue stone reliefs, and a "Jiulong Shengyun" relief road stone is embedded in the middle of the steps. The appearance of the whole hall is magnificent. In front of the main hall, there are eight round blue stone dragon pillars and a large number of stone carvings. The doors and windows are decorated with crimson hammer doors and windows, which are painted with a large number of auspicious and auspicious patterns. Most of the color paintings between the beams and columns of the hall take Mazu story as the theme, depicting gold and colorful, magnificent. Inside the hall is a sitting statue of Mazu, which is 3.8 meters high and 2.1 meters wide.
In addition to the Tin Hau palace, there are also the Peak Park and the statue of Mazu on the top of the mountain. The temple is open from 8 am to 6 pm every day.
In order to facilitate passengers and Shanxin to go to Macau Mazu cultural village, Macau China Mazu foundation has set up shuttle buses between shipaifang parking lot and Tianhou palace parking lot under Shitang mountain. Largo do Senado
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The area in front of the meeting Pavilion covers an area of 3700 square meters. The whole square pavement is paved with crushed stones, forming a wavy pattern. The buildings around the square (tourist office, post office, benevolence hall, etc.) are typical European architectural styles, full of exotic customs. There is a fountain in the middle of the square. The gravel road on the square extends to the Rose Hall of the Virgin Mary of Macau and the archway of Daba. The meeting hall is located opposite the headquarters of the civil affairs department. The road nearby has been designated as a pedestrian zone with benches around it. Therefore, people like to gather here for rest and leisure. There are a lot of shops here. It has been a prosperous business district from the past to the present. Moreover, there are many handshops to attract tourists to shop here.
Traffic direction: bus 3, 3a, 4, 8a, 10, 10a, 11, 18, 19, 21a, 26a, 33. Four sided buddha
Four sided Buddha
There are two four sided Buddhas in Macao: one is next to the parking lot of Macau Jockey Club in taichai; the other is in the international center near Macau passenger terminal. Both attracted many good men and women to worship. Golden Lotus Square
Jinlianhua square (online photo)
On December 20, 1999, on the first day of Macao's return to the motherland, the large-scale cast bronze and gilded lotus sculpture "flourishing Lotus" presented by the State Council of China was unveiled at the Golden Lotus Square in front of the variety gallery. \The main body of "flourishing Lotus" consists of stems, petals and pistils, with 16 shapes. It is cast in bronze with gold on the surface and weighs 6.5 tons. The base part is composed of 23 red granite blocks. The total height of the sculpture is 6 meters, and the maximum diameter of the flower body is 3.6 meters.
The blooming lotus symbolizes Macao's eternal prosperity. The base of three layers of red granite is similar to lotus leaf, implying the three islands of Macao. Xiwan Bridge
Xiwan bridge (network photo)
If you go to Macao, you will know that Xiwan bridge is the third bridge connecting Macao Peninsula and Taipa Island. It not only further improves the overall traffic layout of Macao, but also formally constructs an all-weather traffic network between the peninsula and the outlying islands through its double-layer and tunnel design. The total investment of Xiwan bridge is 560 million Macao dollars, with a total length of 2200 meters. The main structure of the bridge is a concrete box girder cable-stayed bridge. Six lanes are set at the top of the box girder, and two light rails and two typhoon lanes are set at the bottom of the box. This kind of structure is the first in the world. In normal times, the bridge opens the upper six lanes. When a typhoon comes, the upper lanes are completely closed, and the vehicles change to the four lanes sealed below, so that the traffic between the Macao Peninsula and the outlying islands will not be affected. In order to meet the navigation needs of the bridge, a cable-stayed bridge with a main span of 180 meters is proposed in the design of the bridge, which is the largest span of double-layer concrete bridge in the world. In view of the fact that the self weight concrete bridge is not conducive to earthquake resistance, the engineer specially designed a super large shock absorption and isolation rubber bearing for Xiwan bridge, with a diameter of 132 cm and a bearing capacity of 1300 tons, setting a new world record. Lotus Statue
Guanyin Lotus Garden (online photo)
It is located on the artificial island opposite the end of song Yusheng Park and he Xian park. The statue is 20 meters high and made of bronze. The lotus throne is a Buddhist cultural center. When you travel to Macao, you must have a look at this statue. The exhibits in the center are provided for the audience