Golden Lotus Square
金蓮花廣場
Square in Macao
A fuller guide to this place, built from 6 sources, is written in Traditional Chinese.
Being there
Public square with a large golden sculpture of a lotus in full bloom to commemorate the handover of Macau from Portugal back to China on 20th December 1999. There is a flag raising ceremony held here at 8AM every morning by the Macau Police. Despite that fact that Macau is now under Chinese sovereignty, the Macau Police continue to perform Portuguese instead of Chinese foot drills.
The story
The Lotus Square or Golden Lotus Square (Chinese: 金蓮花廣場; Jyutping: gam1lin4faa1 gwong2coeng4; Portuguese: Praça Flor de Lodão) is an open square in Sé, Macau, China. The area features the large bronze sculpture Lotus Flower In Full Bloom (Chinese: 盛世蓮花; Jyutping: sing6sai3lin4faa1) and is somewhat akin to the Golden Bauhinia of neighbouring Hong Kong.
