纪念澳门回归十周年演讲稿 macao, a geograputcally small city, a cultural metropolis--culture heritages of macao in my eyes. since the port-opening in the mid-16th century,macao, a then small fishing willage, has nowadays become a prosperous metropolis. during the past over 400 years, it has been gradually shaping into a uniqe cimmunity of multi-religion, multi-culture and multi-convention, and also a piece of spectacular culture scenery in our great county. you may say without any hesitation that macao is a place of tiny area; you may also say that macao is simply a center of gambling enterprise. but you may have neglected the fact that macao is also a museum of arts. in this pocket city with only 25.8 square kilometers in total, even smaller than the western district of peking, there lies over 100 ancient historical heritages, which made macao itself a great museum exhibiting the co-existence of eastern and western culture. if we comare macao's night as the vanity fair, then at daytime, it transform into a capital of culture, exhibiting mandarin's house. a-ma temple, holy house of mercy,st.joseph's seminary and church, guia fortress, and so on. among those ancient architectures, some are chinese buddhist. temples or folk residences, others are western catholic churches or opero houses; some are of arabia of gothis architectured styles, and others express themselves with features from south european. all these culture heritages, simply and humbly spread among streets, civiliams and all corners of the city, with no single one seating itself in a deep yard surrounded by high walls. from my point of view, the most charming character of macao's culture heritages does not lie in its temples, churches, ...
