Case file · Folklore / legend
A-Ma and the founding of Macau's temple
Legend says a girl boarded a fishing junk, calmed a storm and vanished on landing at the tip of the peninsula, where the A-Ma Temple was built; its oldest hall is dated 1488.
1488 CE · 22.19, 113.53 · status: legend
The account
Portuguese arrivals are said to have named Macau after the temple's bay.