A-Má Goddess Statue

This guide to the A-Ma Goddess Statue in Macau opens with a legend from Fujian: a poor girl granted passage by an old fisherman, a storm that spared only his boat, and a name, A-Ma, that later gave the city of Macau its own. It follows how her cult carried into the modern era, when a marble statue was raised on Macau's highest hilltop, facing north toward the mainland. You'll hear about the scale of the carving effort behind it and the sweeping view it commands over Hac Sa Beach and the Cotai Strip. Stand at her feet and look south for the same view she was built to share.