A-Ma-Gao Temple

Located in the a little bit far south-west of Macau, this temple was begun its construction in the 15th century, and became the oldest one in Macau. The natives call it A-Ma-Gao ( Bay of A-Ma), or Templo de A-Mä (Portuguese), which where the name Macau derived from.
The legend beyond the temple it self started when a ship was sailing across the South China Sea, there was a sudden storm and a young woman calmed it down. She stepped ashore and walked to the crest of Barra Hill, and ascended to heaven. She is considered s a goddess, known as A-Ma or Ling Ma. On the spot where she first stepped foot on the land a temple was built and named A-Ma.

Today is my birthday, and thanks to my lack of reading map, I visited this temple twice today!! LOL
It's around a week after the Chinese New Year, people still came to temples. It was really crowded, but I got to see how people do their rituals, they come and burn incense, pray and throw some coins to some kind of basin, also they try to foresee the future by shaking a can full of sticks with some writing in it, the one comes out first should be taken, and a smart one will read and explain it to them.

Just beside the temple there's a Maritim museum, which I didn't go in side.
Don't forget to get your self a cone of the Happiness Ice Cream! It's believed that people who eat it will ge happiness in their life. It cost 7 MOP, seriously !! But know that you know, you just gotta get one :D
So if you ever visit Macau, this one’s gotta be in your list. In addition, there’s another A-ma temple in Coloane (posting soon), and that one, Wow me!


References:
Macau Tourist Guide
Wikipedia - Macau
Wikipedia A-Ma Temple