Macau Temples (Various Regions)

Macau Temples: Hong Kung Temple

In the 19th Century, Hong Kung Temple used to be located right on the coastline, and one day a wooden statue of Hong Kung washed up onto the shore.

The local residents took it as a sign of divine intervention and built a temple there in 1860. 

Up until the 1970’s Hong Kung Temple was home to a free school for the poor and illiterate, and is also known as the Bazaar Temple. 

To view more pictures, please have a look at Trip Report III.

Location: Rua de Cinco de Outubro

Macau Temples: Lin Kai (Stream of Mourning Temple)

Lin Kai Temple was built in the 17th Century, and features an intricate facade of granite carvings and tiled pictures.

The main hall is a shrine to Ua Kuong, the dark-faced God who guards against fire.

In an adjoining hall there are statues of 18 goddesses with children, symbolizing childbirth and rearing.

Location: Travessa da Corda

Macau Temples: Na Tcha Temple

One of two temples dedicated to the child God Na Tcha, this one is much older, having been built at the beginning of the Qing Dynasty.

Location: Calcada das Verdades

Macau Temples: Temple of the King of Medicine

This pretty yellow temple was first constructed in 1933.  It recently underwent a reconstruction that I don’t like, so I’ve left the old pictures up.

To see more pictures of how it used to look before, please follow the link to Trip Report I.

Location: Rua do Almirante Costa Cabral & Rua do Ultramar

Macau Peninsula Temple Locations

Follow the link for more temples in Taipa Village!