Macau Festivals

Festivals

Local Chinese attach great importance to traditional folk festivals, such as the Lunar New Year, Ching Ming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Double Ninth Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Dragon Boat race will be very busy and so on, particularly among the most exciting Chinese New Year, New Year's Eve from the beginning to the early hours the next day a large number of worshipers flock to Barra Office also God and pray for the coming year Shun King, Chamber voices, to incense the public can also, within the specified Ming blasting bamboo, fireworks celebration, the market was filled with a festive atmosphere.

Special holidays

Some religion, customs related to holidays, such as "Mother gave birth to", "Drunken Dragon and Lion Dance Assembly", "Notre Dame Our Lady of Fatima trips" and there are celebrations. If outdoor play erected temporary shelters, staged Cantonese opera excerpts; the church for religious masses and icons trips, all kinds, fully demonstrated the characteristics of Macao blending Eastern and Western cultures.

In addition, the Tourism Division and Culture Department, will each host a number of activities, such as the Macao Arts Festival, International Fireworks Display Contest and the International Music Festival.

Details of major festivals:

Our Lady of Fatima Our Lady of traveling

To commemorate the Portuguese most admired Lady of Fatima Our Lady held a ceremony. It is said that the Virgin had in 1917 in Portugal a few apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima.

Madonna by a prime white, carried the women walking in the forefront of the ranks, while the ranks of the three children dress like this when seen in the Our Lady of Fatima apparitions of the Virgin Mary as a child. Hundreds of believers along the way to sing hymns and chanting prayers to follow. Our Lady of the Rose Parade every year from the starting to the Bishop Hill Church of Our Lady chapel, and will hold an open-air mass.

Time: May 13

Location: From the Lady of the Rosary Church to the Bishop of Chapel Hill

Mother Festival

Mother also known as Tin Hau, and Matsu. Said "Macau," a name derived from the goddess. Once the fishermen fishing in the South China Sea, suddenly blowing squally thunderstorms, finally, by the Mother illusion girl and calm the storm, so that people out of danger, safely arrived at the sea port mirror. Fishermen on the shore where they built a temple to worship ─ Matsu House Mother.

Mother's most respected residents of Macau, Tin Hau Temple, Temple of multiple shows, some residents, especially fishermen and Boat People of every ship, to be dedicated to Tin Hau. Birthday every year, went to Tin Hau temple shrine of people flocked to the temple will be staged at the Chinese operas.

Time: April, or Lunar New Year in March Niansan

Location: Mazu Ge

Drunken Dragon and Lion Dance Conference

Only in very few places have celebrations, which in Macau is an important holiday. This is the fishing guilds traditional festivals, fishermen are held every year the General Assembly, a unique Drunken Dragon and Lion Dance to celebrate. They dance drunk Long way to tour the districts in Australia.

Drunken Dragon Dance and the various parts of China is very different from the prevailing approach, Drunken Dragon only the head and tail are made with solid wood, there is no dragon body, from two dance artists armed with head and tail. Their side dragon dance while drinking, dance like drunk non-drunk, very interesting.

According to legend, a few hundred years ago, Xiangshan county (now Zhongshan City) in plague rampant, and local residents passing through the river, the river suddenly leaping out of a snake, cut off after the villagers were blood-stained water. The villagers drank a river after the health service, and we believe that the incarnation of the dragon, snake, then hit a drunken dragon dance to commemorate.

Time: May or the eighth day Lunar New Year in April

Location: All Australia District