Yesterday was yet another great day of cultural sight seeing in and around Macau by our gracious Rotary hosts. We began the day with a visit to Macau's A-Ma Temple, a very famous Macau temple and a Unesco World Heritage Site.
According to the legend, a 16 year old girl named A-Ma was looking for passage on the boats in port to Canton, and was declined passage by every boat except that of a poor fisherman. A sea squall blew up and destroyed every boat in the water except the boat of the poor fisherman carrying the girl. After arriving in Macau, the girl disappeared into the hills and reappeared as a goddess. On the site that the girl reappeared as a divinity, the fishermen build the A-Ma temple in her honor.
The Macau A-Ma temple is the largest of 2500 temples devoted to A-Ma the world over, and incorporates the natural elements into its design with multiple prayer halls, courtyards, and pavillions for worship.
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