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A-Ma Temple

Rua de Sao Tiago da Barra, Macau City, Macau

 

The name Macau was taken from A-Ma-Gao (Bay of A-Ma) where this temple stands. Legend has it that A-Ma was a poor girl travelling to China, but was turned away by wealthy junk owners. Finally, a fisherman took her to Macau, surviving a storm that sunk all the other junks. Later, she reappeared to the fisherman as a goddess and so he built her this temple.

Situated on the southern tip of Macau, the temple has a friendly, welcoming atmosphere, and a steady stream of worshipers pray under the incense coils while fortune-tellers trade outside.

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