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Tam Kong Temple, Coloane Village 谭公庙（路环）Tángōng Miào (Lùhuán)
Classified heritage · Macau, Macau
- Time needed
- 15–30 minutes
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Macau
- Region
- Macau
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- Classified heritage
About Tam Kong Temple, Coloane Village
A temple to Tam Kong, a sea god who protects fishermen (Templo de Tam Kong), built in 1862 beside a square at the southern end of Coloane Village. It has three halls with a pavilion at either side, stone lions at the door and a wall painting of the tiger that follows the god in the legend, and it houses a model dragon boat made of whalebone, a gift from fishermen. Worshippers from Hong Kong and Macau come for the Tam Kong Festival on the eighth day of the fourth lunar month, when Cantonese opera is staged.
How to get to Tam Kong Temple, Coloane Village
On Largo Tam Kong Miu at the southern end of Coloane Village, about 0.5 km south of Coloane Pier.
Nearby
- Historic Centre of Macau 澳门历史城区 under 10 km
Portuguese tiled squares, baroque churches and Chinese temples, a short walk apart - Tian Tan Buddha & Ngong Ping 天坛大佛与昂坪 40 km
A giant bronze Buddha on Lantau, reached by a 25-minute cable car ride
Also within 20 km: Tin Hau Temple, Coloane Village 路环天后古庙 (under 10 km), Kun Iam Temple, Coloane Village 路环观音古庙 (under 10 km), Coloane Village Murals 路环村壁画 (under 10 km), Coloane Waterfront, Coloane Pier to Tam Kong Temple Square 路环海旁（码头至谭公庙前地） (under 10 km), Coloane Library 路环图书馆 (under 10 km), Chapel of St. Francis Xavier, Coloane 路环圣方济各圣堂 (under 10 km).
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