Macau Museum

It is rather difficult to find a place so tiny would have such a rich past, culture and patrimony as Macau. Macau is indeed one of those cities which we may have difficulties to point out on the map, but once we walk through its narrow streets and charming squares we start realising what makes it so unique. Different beliefs, smells, costumes and habits parade in front of our eyes: a reality which is here for centuries embodied by the two major communities (Chinese and Portuguese) that found a sage and tolerant way to live together. It is this rich history that makes the specific cultural heritage of Macau, which we can observe in the various Museums of the city as well as in its monuments.
Museum Pass
At the cost of MOP$25 for adults and MOP$12 for children under 18 years old and senior over 60 years old, visitors can buy a Museum Pass, which entitles to one free entry, within a period of 5 days to each of the following museums: Grand Prix Museum, Wine Museum, Maritime Museum, Lin Zexu Museum, Museum of Art and Museum of Macau.
Museum Pass may be purchased at the above Museums.

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The Historic Centre of Macao

In the middle of the 16th century, the Portuguese began to settle and trade in the southwest area of the Macao peninsula. Macao subsequently developed into a main port. With its prosperity in inteational trading, Macao attracted more people to settle there from countries around the world.
At the same time, these settlers introduced to their own countries, the cultures, religions and social customs of the Chinese people. Macao became the land where China meets the cultures of the weste world. Today, millions of people come to the core part of Macau, which is now called the Historic Center of Macao.
In its Historic Center, you will find the oldest and the best-preserved weste-style buildings in China, in different architectural styles emerging after the Renaissance from Baroque to neo-classical.
The architects of these buildings added Indian and Chinese characteristics into their buildings; even the murals in the Guia Chapel were painted in Chinese style. The Chinese temples and residential buildings make this area very diverse.
Until today, people in this area have held their national beliefs and habits. They hold various celebrations to continue their different traditions and the combination of Chinese and Weste cultures and elements.
You'll note the alleys marked by porcelain street signs in Portuguese and Chinese characters ; they are said to contain the oldest and most complete array of Weste architectural legacy on Chinese soil today.
The Historic Center of Macao mainly has Portuguese unreligious architectures, some churches, some Chinese residential and religious buildings and some streets and squares connecting them.

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Lou Lim Iok Garden

The most Chinese of all of Macau's gardens is the Lou Lim Ieoc Garden. It was built by a wealthy 19th century Chinese merchant, Lou Kau, and was inherited by his son Lou Lim Ieoc in 1906. When the family fortunes declined the garden fell into ruins, but it was eventually purchased and restored by the govement and opened to the public in 1974.
The garden is modeled on those of Soochow, the most famous of all Chinese classical gardens. Enclosed by a high wall, it is a miniaturized landscape with narrow paths winding through groves of bamboo and flowering bushes, under molded concrete "mountains" to a large pond filled with golden carp and lotus flowers. A nine-tu bridge zigzags across the pond (according to legend, evil spirits can only move in straight lines) to a large pavilion combining Classical and Chinese architecture elements. There are frequent arts and crafts exhibitions in the pavilion, which also serves as an auditorium for recitals during the annual Inteational Music Festival.


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Lin Fung Temple

Built in 1592 and most regularly restored, this Temple of the Lotus has a fine facade of intricate clay stoop carved in the 19th century depicting historical and mythological figures. Stone lions guard the entrance. Inside is a hall with a statue of Tin Hau on the altar, flanked by the guardian generals. Beyond is a courtyard decorated with a frieze of writhing dragons, a lotus filled pond and fine iron brazier. The main hall is dedicated to Kun Iam, whose statue occupies an elaborate altar which is adjacent to a shrine to Kwan Tai. The temple's ceiling is a particularly good example of the black beams and exposed white tiles construction. Lin Fung Miu is historically famous as the place where for centuries Chinese Mandarins from Guangdong Province would stay when they came to Macau. The most renowned visitor was Commissioner Lin Zexu, who spent most of September 3rd 1839 in Macau. To honor his visit, a six-foot granite statue and a new museum was put in the temple courtyard.

A-Ma Temple

According to legend, A-Ma, a poor girl looking for passage to Canton, was refused by the wealthy boat owners until a lowly fisherman took her on board. A storm blew up and wrecked all but the boat carrying the girl.
On arrival in Macau she vanished, to reappear as a goddess, on the spot where the fishermen built her temple.
It consists of prayer halls, pavilions and courtyards built into the boulder-strewn hill and connected by winding paths through moon gates and tiny gardens. At the entrance is a large rock on which is engraved a traditional sailing boat. On other boulders are carved red characters invoking the gods or repeating a prayer.
Three of the four pavilions are dedicated to A-Ma and contain some fine statues of the goddess together with a model of a boat with cannons, brass vessels and chapels to Buddhist and Taoist gods. The top shrine honors Kun Iam. This temple is distinguished by beautiful tiled roofs and spectacular views from the upper gardens. The festival of A-Ma takes place on the 23rd day of the 3rd moon (April or May).
Firecrackers, to scare away evil spirits, are exploded in the entrance courtyard to greet tour groups. On the weekends there are also lion dance performances.

Ruins of St. Paul's

All that remains of the greatest of Macau's churches is its magnificent stone facade and grand staircase. The church was built in 1602 adjoining the Jesuit College of St. Paul's, the first Western college in the Far East where missionaries such as Matteo Ricci and Adam Schall studied Chinese before serving at the Ming Court in Beijing as astronomers and mathematicians. The church, made of taipa and wood, was brilliantly decorated and furnished, according to early travelers. The facade of carved stone was built in 1620-27 by Japanese Christian exiles and local craftsmen under the direction of Italian Jesuit Carlo Spinola.
After the expulsion of the Jesuits, the college was used as an army barracks and in 1835 a fire started in the kitchens and destroyed the college and the body of the church. The surviving facade rised in 4 colonnaded tiers, and is covered with carvings and statues which eloquently illustrate the early days of the Church in Asia. There are statues of the Virgin and saints, symbols of the Garden of Eden and the Crucifixion, angels and the devil, a Chinese dragon and a Japanese chrysanthemum, a Portuguese sailing ship and pious warnings inscribed in Chinese.
After restoration work, lasting from 1990 to 1995, the back side of the Ruins of St. Paul's was turned into a museum. The ruins are regarded as the symbol of Macau and now offer visitors a new site where they can view the remains of the former Church of the Mother of God, visit a Crypt where the relics of the Martyrs of Japan and Vietnam rest, and a museum of Sacred Art where there are exhibits of paintings, sculptures and liturgical objects from churches and monasteries in the City.

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Ancient Cultural Street

Ancient Cultural Street is composed of three parts which are the Gongnan Street, the Gongbei Street, and the Gongqian Square. The street is about 580 meters long and 7 meters wide with the Tianhou Gong in the center. It is the biggest old building with half-timbered in Tianjin today. It was officially opened on January 1st, 1986. The street not only has about 100 stores, but also run the old books, the old jade, the jewelry enamel, and so on. Besides, up and down the street there are many small shops and vendors that sell all sorts of food and handicrafts, such as the Ice Sugar Gourd, the sweets, the sweet potato, ect. There you can also enjoy yourself the interesting of have a look of the performance of the tea culture. If you want to appreciate the taste of Tianjin, ancient, and the taste of the culture, you should and need to have a visit the Ancient Cultural Street.


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Food Street in Tianjin

Nanshi Food Street, one of the top ten scenic spots in Tianjin, is located in the old urban area of Tianjin. There are more than 100 stores that converge various types of food flavors from all the places in China. There are foods from Sichuan, Shandong, Guangdong, Hunan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and many others. When you arrive in Tianjin, you can find it in one of the old shopping areas of Tianjin.
All in all, the Nanshi Food Street is well known all throughout China and every year many people go there to have a visit and stop to have a taste.

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Liberation Bridge in Tianjin

The Liberation Bridge is a bridge built with the steel structure and it can be open. The bridge is built between the Tianjin railway station and the north road of Jiefang Road. And it is not only one of the landmark buildings in Tianjin, but also the hinge combines the Hebei, Hedong and Heping districts, and links the whole Tianjin.
The bridge was firstly built in 1902, and then it was rebuilt in 1923, later the bridge was officially built in 1927. The name of the bridge is WanGuo Bridge at the beginning, next it was renamed as Liberation Bridge. The whole bridge is about 97.64 meters long and 19.5 meters wide. There are three holes in the bridge. Therefore, if you have a chance to have a look of many ships crossing the bridge, that will be exactly a spectacular.

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Tianya Haijiao

Tianya Haijiao, located at the foot of Xiama Hill in the town of Tianya about 24 km west of Sanya, is this beautiful and unique place that has attracted endless tourists from all over the world.
Here, you will find numerous rocks in different sizes and shapes, scattered all along the silvery beach. The most famous rocks are the ones marked with the Chinese characters "Tainya Haijiao (end of the earth and coer of the sea) and "Nantian Yizhu" (the huge rock that emerges from the sea).
Legend has it that there were two lovers from two hostile families who escaped here. One of them was named "Tianya" and the other "Haijiao". They swore to never separate no matter what and thus, when they were pursued by their families, they lept into the sea from this spot. People believe that the couple later changed into two huge rocks, which stand facing the sea. Because of this romantic story, many lovers come here to declare their undying love for one another.
During China's long feudal history, this place served as the penal colony for the criminals. During the Song dynasty, some officials were banished here for speaking against the regime. For them, the uninhabited wildeess of this area must have felt like the "end of the earth".
Nearby, there is also a Pearl Farm where you can purchase Hainan's famous seawater pearls.


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Wuzhizhou Island

Wuzhizhou Island, located 2.7 kilometers from Houhai village in Haitang Bay, faces the Nanwanhou Island and borders Yalong Bay. It is called "the first bay in the world. Wuzhizhou Island, originally called "Guqizhou", has an area of 1.48 square kilometers and resembles the shape of an irregular butterfly with a length of 1400 meters from the east to the west and a width of 1100 meters from north to south. The island is famous for its more than 2000 species of plants and trees such as the Dragontree.
The island is very easy to get to because of its convenient location next to the Easte highway. There is also the largest hovership in the country, which carries 70 people at a time to the island.
The Wuzhizhou Island has a warm tropical climate that makes vacationing here ideal.
The land to the west and north, is relatively flat with soft white sandy beaches. The seawater there is extremely clear with a visibility of up to 27 meters. You can see many types of tropical sea life in the ocean. There are also coral reefs, which come in many different shapes on the sea bed. There are also many activities offered here such as diving. Other must-see attractions here are the Matsu Temple and the Guanri Cliff.