Matsu House Transportation Bus 6,8,9,28 b line In Macau, the Mazu Temple is an important attraction. It is located southeast of Macau, the Pro Mountain near the sea, surrounded by pine trees among the cypresses, a magnificent classical Chinese architecture is very striking. Qiaojiao cornices, carved beams, stone lions guarding the door, Genei pagoda stacking. Banners gilded temple on the regular script, "Ma Temple," the words, both sides are "De weeks of Yu, Ze Run Shengmin," the couplet, eulogizing the Goddess Matsu of asylum Shengmin divine. Ma Temple is one of Macau's most famous monuments, has more than five hundred years, is the oldest of the three largest of a Monastery, located in Macao, south-east, was built in 1488, a time when the Ming Dynasty. Court, commonly known as Matsu Tin Hau Temple, Putian, Fujian is a legend days, also known as your mother mother, can predict the fortunes of apparitions after death often at sea, to help merchants and fishermen worries and difficulties, saved the day, Fujian, and local residents who then shared at the present site Li Miao enshrined. Into the temple, into the arch. There is a "stone house", which for the goddess Matsu statue, on either side of a couplet. Trace Meizhou was wins mountain thirty-six days almost homogeneous, Millions of East Guangdong Austin Liufang _set_ Zhuangwei light. Meaning from the couplet can be seen. Goddess worship here from Fujian Putian Meizhou Mazu. The early years of the Qing Emperor Qianlong as "A Sketch of Macao," a book on account of the Mazu Temple said: "According to legend, took the Ming Wan, Min Jia giant ship was hurricane is useless even. Russia see Goddess stand mountain side, then a boat safety. up the temple of Goddess worship, the name of their mother for the Mother House. Niang mother who, Min Tianfei also. "Although this story is not new, but clearly this temple was built in Fujian. There is also a popular legend, Putian, Fujian Mazu merchants sailed home to come to Macau to do business, when she encountered heavy storm, in desperation, these people naturally think of Putian home of the gods of their goddess Mazu, so all of you on board knelt down and prayed for mercy Mazu Goddess to save them from disaster. Sure enough, Matsu apparitions, the waves gradually receded, they escape out. To thank the Goddess Matsu peril, they raise funds in the sea between Macao Mazu Temple built. She did bless him on board the sailing so smoothly. So he invested in the place where the old lady suddenly disappear to build a Ma Temple, thanks to the finder of Goddess Mazu. This is today the first prototype of the Macao Mazu Temple. Four hundred years ago, people arrived in Portugal and Macau, the landing in front of the temple opposite the promontory, noted a temple and asked the name and history of local residents, the residents mistakenly thought to refer to the temple, so replied, "Barra", Portugal and others its transliteration from "macau", as the origin of the name of the Macao Puwen. Annual Spring Festival and Lunar New Year on March 23 birthday of Mother Mother, the Mazu Temple incense when the most prosperous. New Year's Eve midnight, many believers have come worship to pray outside the temple, a lively, but before and after birth, will put up a shed Temple open space as a temporary stage, the Soviet Union staged play God.