The Na Tcha Festival is one of Macao's most distinctive traditional customs, listed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage item and on Macao's intangible cultural heritage list. The annual celebration on the 18th day of the fifth lunar month honors Na Tcha, the guardian deity of children. The 'Na Tcha Prince Procession' is a key celebratory activity, with processions organized by the Na Tcha Temple at the Ruins of St. Paul's and the Old Na Tcha Temple at Monte Hill.
Celebrating the Na Tcha Prince's Birthday and the 25th Anniversary of the Macao SAR
Na Tcha Temple at the Ruins of St. Paul's Activities
Na Tcha Creative Cultural Exhibition (Temple Fair)
- Date: June 19–23, 2024
- Time: 15:00–20:00
- Location: Forecourt of the Na Tcha Temple at the Ruins of St. Paul's
Taoist Blessing Ceremony
- Date: June 21, 2024
- Time: 09:30
- Location: Forecourt of the Na Tcha Temple at the Ruins of St. Paul's
Na Tcha Prince Procession with Piu Sek (Float Parade)
- Date: June 22, 2024
- Time: 14:30
- Route: Forecourt of the Na Tcha Temple at the Ruins of St. Paul's (Start) → Rua de São Paulo → Travessa do Paiva → Senado Square → Rua do Dr. Pedro José Lobo → Rua dos Mercadores → Rua da Palha → Rua de Cinco de Outubro → Calçada do Tronco Velho → Largo de Santo Agostinho → Rua de Coelho do Amaral → Rua de Tomás Vieira → Rua de D. Belchior Carneiro
Na Tcha Prince Procession with Lion Dance 'Choi Cheng'
- Date: June 23, 2024
- Time: 09:00
- Route 1: Forecourt of the Na Tcha Temple at the Ruins of St. Paul's (Start) → Largo do Lilau → Rua de Inácio Baptista → Rua da Barca → Estrada do Cemitério → Calçada do Gamboa → Rua do Almirante Costa Cabral → Rua de Francisco Xavier Pereira → Avenida do Conselheiro Ferreira de Almeida → Bairro Horta da Mitra → Rua da Praia do Manduco → A-Ma Temple → Rua dos Mercadores → Travessa da Caldeira → Rua da Tercena → Rua das Lorchas → Rua da Caldeira → Rua de Cinco de Outubro → Pier No. 22 → Rua da Praia do Manduco → Travessa do Armazém Velho → Rua de Cinco de Outubro → Travessa do Matadouro → Rua da Barca → Estrada do Cemitério → Rua de D. Belchior Carneiro → Patio do Espinho
- Route 2: Rua Direita Carlos Eugénio (Start) → Rua do Regedor → Rua do Cunha → Rua do Sol → Rua do Cunha → Rua Direita Carlos Eugénio → Rua do Cunha → New Windmill Hotel → Rua do Cunha → Taipa Market → Rua do Túnel → A-Ma Temple → Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro → Mercado de S. Domingos → Travessa do Auto Novo → Avenida do Conselheiro Ferreira de Almeida → Rotunda de Carlos da Maia → Opposite the CTT Dormitory of Nam Iek Industrial Building → Fai Chi Kei near Hotel Beverly Plaza → Behind the Tai Sam Un Earth God Shrine → Toi San
Cantonese Opera Performances
- Date: June 21–23, 2024
- Time: 19:30
- Location: Forecourt of the Na Tcha Temple at the Ruins of St. Paul's
- Admission: Free
Contact for Na Tcha Temple at the Ruins of St. Paul's
Old Na Tcha Temple at Monte Hill Activities
Seal Opening and Sacrificial Ceremony
- Date: June 22 (Seal Opening at 23:00); June 23 (Sacrifice at 10:00)
- Location: Old Na Tcha Temple at Monte Hill
Na Tcha Prince Procession Ceremony
- Date: June 23, 2024 (after the sacrificial ceremony)
- Route: Old Na Tcha Temple at Monte Hill (Start) → St. Dominic's Church → Rua de Cinco de Outubro → Rua da Felicidade → Rua dos Mercadores → Senado Square (Stop for 30 minutes for public worship) → St. Dominic's Church → Old Na Tcha Temple at Monte Hill
- Admission: Free
Contact for Old Na Tcha Temple at Monte Hill
- Phone: (853) 6660 8161
- Email: [email protected]
- Organizer: Management Committee of the Old Na Tcha Temple at Monte Hill, Macao
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