Taipa Island

Taipa Island is an outlying island of Macao. It has the features of Portuguese style community such as longhuan puyun, guanye street, bunker street, etc. Macao University, Macao University of science and technology, and many middle upper class casinos are on the island. In many people's impression, taizai not only has many star hotels, but also many street snacks.

Taipa

synonym

Taipa Island generally refers to Taipa Island

D'ang Tsai Island, also known as Taipa Island, is one of the three parts of Macao. It is located about 2.5km south of the Macao Peninsula, facing xiaohengqin island in Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province on the west, covering an area of 6.33km2

The population is about 104000. Taizai island is from northeast to southwest, with datan mountain in the East, Xiaotan mountain in the West and flat land in the middle. At an altitude of 158.2 meters, datanshan is the highest point of taizai island.

Taizai is connected to the Macao Peninsula through the Governor General's bridge, friendship bridge and Xiwan bridge.

Historical evolution

Name source

In ancient times, taizai island was also known as "longhuan", "Jijing", "tanzai" and "longtouhuan". But its Portuguese name has nothing to do with the above names.

It is said that when the Portuguese landed in taizai, they asked the local people about the place names (the words "name" and "name" are called "Nome" in Portuguese and "name" in English). Due to the lack of communication between the two sides, the local people listen to the Portuguese question "Nome?" as "glutinous rice?" He thought that the Portuguese were asking if the local people would sell glutinous rice, so the local people answered "Daba" (meaning "a lot"), transliterated into the Portuguese word "Taipa", and the Portuguese named the place "Taipa". Interestingly, the word "Taipa" also happens to be interpreted in Portuguese as "rammed earth" - the material used by Portuguese to build houses in the past.

history

As early as the 18th century to the early 19th century, there were only two hills and a harbor on taitsai Island, which were specially used for berthing merchant ships. Indians engaged in trade with China by sea. The ships carried cotton yarn and various manufactured goods along the Pearl River to Guangzhou. On the return journey, they bought Chinese specialties such as tea, silk and porcelain, and then sold them all over the world. After years of soil accumulation, the two hills in taizai gradually became one. Some residents began to grow vegetables or raise livestock in this land. Later, taizai was once developed into a concentration area of firecracker factories. With the steady development of Macao's economy, taitsai island is becoming more and more prosperous. In addition to some two or three storey bungalows, some high-rise western style houses, buildings and villas are also built, with elegant environment.

geographical environment

Taizai is located in the south of Macao Peninsula and the north of Luhuan island. Its geographical location is just in the center of Macao. It covers an area of about 6.33 square kilometers and has a population of about 104000. There are not only Portuguese style residential areas such as longhuan puyun, guanye street and Dibao street, but also large-scale modern construction such as Macau Stadium and Macau Jockey Club.

The mountain range of taizai island is mainly composed of granite, with northeast to southwest trend, and dominates the whole island with rolling hills. Among them, the highest one is Dashan (jijingshan), 159.1 meters above sea level. Taizai island used to be a tiny area with an area of only 2.57 square kilometers. It was composed of two small islands, big taizai and small taizai. Later, due to sediment deposition and artificial reclamation, the two islands were combined into one, making the area of taizai Island reach 6.33 square kilometers. Xisha, civilian house, racecourse, pine tail and central urban area were all reclaimed. The northwest coast of taitsai island is shallow.

Transportation

Although Taipa is an outlying island, it is connected with Macao by three existing bridges, namely, the Governor General's bridge (commonly known as the Macao Taipa bridge), the friendship bridge and the Xiwan bridge, which was completed in December 2004. Among them, Xiwan bridge is the first double deck cross sea bridge in Macao. When typhoon strikes, the lower passage will be opened to maintain the traffic between Macao and Macao. To the south of taitsai, there is a road linking taitsai with a road around the island. However, due to the sustainable development of the city and the lack of land resources, the area between the roads has been filled, and the roads connecting the roads have been expanded, and the area between the roads is divided into the road city.

The Macau International Airport is located in the east of the city of Aberdeen, built in the sea. It was opened in 1995, and has more than 10 routes to Chinese mainland and Asia. Macau International Airport is also a major transit station for Taiwan passengers to travel to Chinese mainland indirectly.

Economics

In the beginning, taitsai island was a small industrial village mainly producing fireworks and matches. Along the river, there are many new buildings, and the luxury houses with sea view are even more valuable. Although the economy of taizai has developed rapidly, it still retains its original style. For example, there are still some villages around guanye street. However, most of them changed careers. Today's taizai is a good place to eat, drink, play and enjoy. Is a tourism catering economy development. If you want to experience Chinese and Portuguese culture, you can visit longhuan puyun, where there are a certain number of native Portuguese houses, and even Chinese and Australian schools. Guanye street is a newly developed hand letter food street, which has always been a concentrated tourist area. It is also the development place of tourism economy.

social undertakings

Sports

Macao East Asian Games gymnasium complex (Macao egg), Macao stadium.

Culture

Golden Avenue, Macao Venetian Resort Hotel, Melco world, Galaxy Resort, Melco shadow, Wynn palace, Broadway, Jinsha city center, Parisian.

scenic spot

Jiamo Park

Jiamo park is located on the side of the Centennial Church in front of Jiamo in taizai. Facing the sea, the park has beautiful scenery. The design of the park is full of European flavor. It is planted with pines and cypresses, and has stone pavilions and stone benches for people to rest. It is a good place for people to take a walk. The zigzag path in front of the park leads to the seaside road, and the European style longhuan puyun residential museum is located there.

Aotai Bridge

Macao Bridge is the first sea crossing bridge between Macao Peninsula and Taipa Island. It is designed by Portuguese bridge expert Jia duosu. It was started in June 1970 and officially opened to traffic on October 5, 1974.

The bridge is 2569.8m in length, 2090m in approach length and 9.2m in deck width, with two opposite lanes and 0.8m sidewalks on both sides. The bridge is supported by six piers, with a maximum span of 73 meters and a width of 35 meters. Large trucks can be driven on the bridge deck, and large passenger ships can be unblocked at any time under the bridge.

The bridge was originally named "jialepi bridge" by the governor of Macao, but later it was replaced by the bridge because it was commonly known as "Aotai bridge". The bridge is unique in shape and full of rhythm. It has become one of the Eight Sights in Macao.

Jiamo Church

Jiamo church is located in the Centennial Church in front of Jiamo. It is the only Catholic Church in taichai. Facing the sea, it has beautiful scenery. Under the church, there are gardens, green pines and cypresses, stone pavilions and stone benches. It is an ideal summer resort for people.

Mirror sea rainbow

Jinghai Changhong can be divided into two parts: Jinghai and Changhong. Jinghai, originally one of the ancient place names in Macao, has been found in ancient books, historical materials and couplets of many temples in Macao for hundreds of years. "Jinghai" also refers to the sea between Macao Peninsula and taitsai island. It is one of the ancient waterway of shizimen and has been Macao's foreign trade waterway for hundreds of years. Today's "mirror sea" has built two bridges, like a "Rainbow", across the "mirror sea", becoming Macao's traffic artery, magnificent.

Huacheng Park

Huacheng park is located in the center of the new residential area in taichai. It is a park with Chinese classical garden charm, surrounded by walls. The park has a pavilion, a pond full of lotus, a children's Park and a place for roller skating and scootering.

Puti Garden

The temple is decorated with carved beams and magnificent buildings. The largest Buddha statue of Sakyamuni in Australia is worshipped in the temple. The statue is 5.4 meters high and weighs about 6 tons. It is made of bronze. The left hand of the statue is flat and the right hand is flat. The Dharma is dignified and kind. In addition to the main hall and several halls, there is also a vegetable field Zhaitang, which is open to the public and provides delicious vegetables for tourists.

Bodhi temple is located at the foot of Qitan road in Taipa. It is the largest temple in Taipa. There is a four sided Buddha statue in Thailand outside the garden.

In addition to the main hall and several halls, there are also vegetable fields and Qi hall. Qitang is open to the public at meal time, and tourists can also enjoy vegetarian food.

Long Huan Pu Yun

It is rated as one of the eight scenic spots in Macao by the representatives of the eight cultural circles in Macao. "Longhuan" is one of the ancient place names of Taipa Island. Dragon ring, dragon head ring and other words can be found in the stone carvings of couplets in the Tianhou palace, Beidi temple and other temples.

"Puyun" refers to the European Charm in the back bay area of Taipa, which used to be close to the sea with beautiful scenery. The Bay used to be a landing point for seaplanes. After 1968, a large mangrove forest was formed on the beach. The whole scenic spot includes five Portuguese style houses, Jiamo church, library and two small parks on the seaside road, especially the Portuguese style houses on the seaside road

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