Besides appreciating the majestic front wall, we should also pay attention to the exquisite relief on the archway (front wall) and its meaning. St. Paul's archway is located in the oblique harbor of St. Paul's Cathedral, adjacent to the Great Fort and the Macao Museum, and has a history of more than 350 years. It is the most familiar symbol of Macao and the remains of the front wall of St. Paul's church. "March 8th" is a transliteration of "Sao Paulo". Because the remains of the front wall of the church look like the traditional archway in China, it is called the March 8th archway. This church has an indissoluble bond with fire. From its prototype to the only existing former archway, it experienced three fires and was repeatedly built, witnessing a living history. At that time, the architecture of St. Paul's Church was a combination of European Renaissance architecture and oriental architecture, combining Chinese and western architecture. 300 years ago, the cost of St. Paul's archway alone reached 32 thousand silver. St Paul's archway is regarded as an immortal altar. The archway is divided into four floors with a triangular lintel at the top.
2. Macao Tianhou Palace
The Tianhou Palace in Macau was just completed on June 4th, 2003, 10, which took two and a half years and cost 200 million patacas. Located on Dieshitang Mountain around Macao, it covers an area of nearly 7,000 square meters and is the largest temple in Macao so far. The whole building is designed and built according to the style of ancient buildings in southern Fujian, with reference to the traditional regulatory layout of Mazu Tempel and Taiwan Province in Fujian. In front of the palace, there are more than 60 meters of stairs, heavy and gorgeous arched doors, altars surrounded by white marble, and main halls, dressing rooms, bell towers and drum towers connected by cloisters. The main hall faces east in the west, with magnificent momentum, carved dragon cornices on the roof and glittering golden glass. The carved beams and painted buildings in the palace are magnificent. The 3-meter-high statue of Mazu, a crested phoenix and a summer gown, is kind-hearted and solemn. As the only city named after Mazu in the world, the first Mazu Tempel Mazu Pavilion was built in Macau as early as 1488. Since the groundbreaking ceremony was held in Tianhouguan on April, 20001,the main building has been basically completed. Since then, the multicultural Macao has added a bright pearl that embodies the ancient buildings in China and the cultural characteristics of southern Fujian.
3. St. Old Lengzuo Church
Saint Laurent's Church, commonly known as Saint Lawrence's Church, is one of the three oldest churches in Macau. Located in St. Lawrence Church Street, opposite to Macau Kindness Middle School. The actual building year is unpredictable, but according to historical records, it is estimated that the church was a small wooden church built by Jesuits around 1569. According to the inscription on a stone in the church, the first reconstruction should be in 16 18. As for the present scale of the church, it was rebuilt in 1844. When the church of San Lorenzo was built in the early years, there was a flagpole in the church because it was close to the pier, which was an important indicator for the Portuguese to decide whether to go to sea or not. "A Brief Account of Macao" says: "There is a Fengxin Temple in the southwest. Since the strange ship appeared, people in the room will go home every day, and they pray that the wind will believe it. " Therefore, this church is also commonly known as "Fengxin Hall". Later, due to the homonym of "Xin" and "Shun" in Cantonese, perhaps to pray for good weather, the word "Feng Xin" was changed to "Shun Feng", hence the names "St. Lawrence Church Street" and "Fengshuntang District". Different from the Rose Hall and St. Joseph's Chapel, St. Laurenzo's Chapel is magnificent, and the European classical style is a bit baroque.
4. Macau Tower
Macau Tower is located in Zone D 1 plot of Nanwan New Reclamation, covering an area of 13363 square meters. In the first stage, a Macao sightseeing tower with a height of about 338 meters will be built, and in the second stage, an entertainment center will be built. The developer is Macau Tourism and Entertainment Co., Ltd. The lease term of the land granted by the Macau government on July 30th, 1998 is 25 years, which can be extended to February 9th, 1949. The commercial use part of the sightseeing tower is 3675 square meters, and the service department is divided into 4370 square meters; The entertainment center has a total construction area of 42 188 square meters, of which the second and third floors of the basement are used as parking lots. Macau Sightseeing Tower, a new landmark building in Macau, cost 65.438 billion patacas, and started construction in 654.38+0.998. After three years of construction, it was completed and unveiled on May 4.38+0.654.38+0.09, 2006, and officially received tourists. He Houhua, Chief Executive of Macao Special Administrative Region, and Stanley Ho, General Manager of Macau Tourism and Entertainment Co., Ltd. jointly lit the Macau Sightseeing Tower.
5. Macao Historic District
Strolling through Macao's historic city, the Marco Polo Wrapped Body Temple is located at the southwest end of Macao Peninsula, guarding the entrance of the inner port. The Port Authority Building is located in the inclined lane of the Mage Temple on the left, crossing the Mage Street and reaching the Yapo Well where Jia Zheng's big house is located. Then go through Gaolou Street to St. Lawrence Church Street. St. Lao Lengzuo Church stands at the end of the street. St Lawrence Church Street behind St. John's Lengzuo Church is connected with Sanbazi Street where the gate of St. Joseph Abbey is located, and St. Joseph Abbey is adjacent to the cathedral. Turn right at Sanbazi Cross Street, and then turn to night. The inclined lane is the front of Ding Gang, where there are St. Austin Church, Ding Gang Theatre and Hedong Library. Before the top of the mountain, go down to Xinma Road via the Oriental Inclined Lane, next to the Civil Affairs Department Building; In front of the discussion pavilion opposite the Civil Affairs Department building, Sanjietang (Guandi Temple) is on the left and Shanxintang Building is on the right; Turn left from Renci Hall Building via Roger Lane, and the Cathedral (lobby) of Macau is in front of you. After crossing the lobby and entering the lobby lane, Lujia Mansion still stands in the lane.
6. University of Macau
The birth of the University of Macau can be traced back to March 198 1. At that time, Matteo Ricci Island West Co., Ltd. was granted land by the Macao government and founded the first university in Macao-East Asia Private University, the predecessor of the University of Macau. The establishment of the University of East Asia marks the beginning of modern higher education in Macao. In the early days of the establishment of East Asia University, most students came from Hong Kong. Subsequently, in order to meet the needs of human resources in the transition period of Macao's political power transfer, the Macao Foundation acquired and reorganized East Asia University with 1988, and established the Faculty of Arts, the School of Business Administration, the School of Social Humanities and the School of Science and Technology, and changed the three-year course to a four-year course. Subsequently, a law school and an education college were established. English is still the main teaching language. 199 1 made a new university statute, and the university of east Asia was officially renamed as the public university of Macao, with the goal of cultivating Macao talents. After the reorganization of the university, the number of students has risen sharply, from the initial hundreds to more than 5,000 at present, and the proportion of local students in Macao has also increased from 39% at the time of its establishment to 90% at present.
7. Long Fu New Street, Macau
Long Fu Xinjie is an ancient "street where men play", where brothels, restaurants and smoking rooms gather, where people get drunk and dream of death. Today, although it retains the street style of the old Qing Dynasty, it has become a famous food street in Macao, especially highly praised by shark fin lovers. Long Fu New Street was divided into two parts in its early years. The upper part is the gathering place of brothels and teahouses, with about 60 in the most prosperous period, and the lower part is the gathering place of smoking rooms and restaurants, which is a veritable "street where men play". Whenever night falls, the "Flower Country Third Street" begins to be lively, with red lanterns hanging high, beautiful women, tycoons and wealthy businessmen making stunning appearances, partying every night and getting drunk ... This beautiful scenery lasted until the end of World War II, when the Australian and Portuguese governments began to ban smoking and prostitution, and the "Flower Country Third Street" gradually disappeared.
8. Macau Peninsula
The peninsula was originally developed and distributed in the urban area of Macao. It is the administrative, economic, transportation and cultural center of Macao, where most of the population and industry and commerce are concentrated. The peninsula is shaped like a boot, extending from northeast to southwest, and only the northeast end is connected with Zhuhai by land, with a width of about 240 meters. The long axis is about 4 kilometers from the northeast gate to the southwest semi-circular land (Magezui), and the short axis in the northwest-southeast direction is about 2.5 kilometers from the seaside in Shalitou to the southeast corner of the latest reclamation area in Xingang. The narrow river on the west side is the inner port, with more than 20 docks along the coast, which are mainly used for freight and inland passenger transport; On the east side facing the Qiujiang Estuary is the outer harbor, mainly the Hong Kong and Macao Wharf. There are two sea-crossing bridges in the south (leading to Taipa), one of which is 2570 meters long and opened to traffic at 1974. The other is about 4400 meters long and opened to traffic at 1994. The peninsula is divided into five districts: Matang District in Huadi is located in the northern part of the peninsula, with the largest area (2.7 square kilometers, accounting for 40.3% of the peninsula) and the largest population (6.5438+0.26 million people, accounting for 36.8% of the peninsula).
9. Macau Kannonji
The name of Kannonji in Macau is well known, not only because of its long history, but also because it is the place where the Sino-US Wang Xia Treaty was signed. Zen Temple is an ancient Buddhist building in China, which has the characteristics of the famous mountain temple in China. The first hall of Zen Temple is Mahayana Hall, the second hall is Changshou Buddha Hall, and the main hall in the back seat is Guanyin Hall. There is a vast and deep back garden behind the courtyard, which is a rare large Buddhist temple complex in Hong Kong and Macao. During Guanyin's birthday, the temple was full of incense, honesty and lively scenes. Daxiong Hall is opposite to the Buddhist temple, solemn and magnificent, offering three Sambo Buddha statues, all of which are tall and majestic, one of which is the Buddha of Sakyamuni; There is a bronze bell hanging beside the temple, which has a history of three and a half centuries. The roof of the temple is inlaid with glazed tiles of the Ming Dynasty and Shiwan dolls inlaid with precision work, which are lifelike and beautiful. The second hall is Longevity Buddha Hall, which is dedicated to Longevity Buddha. It is peaceful and symbolizes the universal salvation spirit of Buddha.
Venetian Hotel 10
Venetian Macao-Resort-Hotel is a Venetian resort invested by Las Vegas Sands Group, with an investment of about 20 billion RMB. Adhering to the diversified business philosophy, this resort has 3,000 luxury rooms and large-scale exhibition, shopping, sports, variety and leisure facilities, among which the exhibition venue covering an area of 1 1 10,000 square meters is bound to become a competitor of Hong Kong. The hotel is located in Cotai Avenue, the filling area of Macau Road, with a height of 39 floors. The Venetian Resort has world-class facilities, the scale of which exceeds that of Las Vegas in the United States, including more than 60 square meters of luxury rooms, the world-famous brand Grand Canal shopping area of nearly100,000 square meters, the 8,000 square meters spa and Cirque du Soleil.