Templo de Kun Iam Tong, Buddhist temple in Nossa Senhora de Fátima, Macau.
Templo de Kun Iam Tong is a Buddhist temple in Macau with three main pavilions decorated with porcelain figures. These pavilions house statues dedicated to the Precious Buddhas, Buddha of Longevity, and the Bodhisattva Kun Iam.
The current temple structure was built in 1627 during the Ming Dynasty, replacing an earlier building from the 13th century. The original shrine had been dedicated to the Bodhisattva of Mercy.
The temple is also called Kun Iam Tong, after the Bodhisattva of Mercy venerated here. Her birthday is celebrated on the 19th day of the second, sixth, ninth and eleventh lunar months. The halls hold calligraphy and paintings by figures such as Qu Dajun, Chen Gongyin and Zhang Taiyan, and the monk Jinshan's Danxia diary manuscript is kept as the temple's treasure.
The temple stands on Avenida do Coronel Mesquita in the Nossa Senhora de Fátima parish, near Mong Há and the Kun Iam Tchai and Seng Wong temples. Bus stops M104 (Templo Kun Iam) and M272 (Sunny View Garden) serve it. The three halls run one behind the other, with the terraced gardens and the treaty stone table at the rear.
A major diplomatic moment occurred here when the first Sino-American Treaty was signed at a stone table in the gardens in 1844. Nearby grow four intertwined trees that are said to symbolize marital fidelity.
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