More than 400 years ago, the Portuguese invaded Macao and brought Catholicism to Macao. 1562, the Portuguese built this church in Macao for several years and named it "St. Paul's Church". The pronunciation of "Sao Paulo" in Portuguese is close to that of "March 8" in Cantonese, so it is also called "March 8 Hall". Later, the church was destroyed by fire twice. 1602, St. Paul's church was rebuilt again, and it was completed in 1637 35 years later. /kloc-a fire in 0/835 destroyed the church again, leaving only the front wall with a cost of 32,000 silver, which became today's St. Paul archway.

After the church became a site, the front wall was similar to the traditional archway in China, and the word "Sao Paulo" was borrowed from Portuguese (S? Sao Paulo) transliterated into Chinese as "March 8", which is the title of March 8 archway. The archway is baroque, with sculptures with obvious oriental colors, including peony and chrysanthemum patterns representing China and Japan, which are unique among Catholic churches all over the world.

This church was originally designed by an Italian Jesuit priest and built with the technical assistance of Japanese craftsmen. 1602 laid the foundation stone, 1637 was fully completed, and the long stone steps in front of the church were later completed. In terms of architectural style, St. Paul's archway is a pretentious style, which combines European Renaissance and Oriental architectural style. St. Paul's Church was the largest Catholic church in the East at that time, known as the "Vatican of the East" and affiliated to St. Paul's College. College is the first western-style university in the Far East. From the establishment of 1594 to the end of 1762, many foreign missionaries came to China to study Chinese, which made the college an important missionary base for these missionaries to enter China and played an unparalleled role in promoting religious and cultural exchanges between Europe and China.

March 8th also witnessed the humiliation of blood and tears of the Chinese nation in modern history. Opium was first imported into China from the port under the coach, with an average of 20,000 boxes per year. Until 1946, smoking opium in Macao was still legal. After the Opium War, the Portuguese followed the great powers, overtook the Portuguese residential areas bounded by the Three Artillery Dams by force, expanded northward, occupied the entire Macao Peninsula, and began to colonize Macao, becoming the command base for British invasion of China. Huawangtang Street, not far from Dasanba, used to be the famous "Pig Street", and there are more than 300 museums selling Chinese workers along the street. At that time, there were tens of thousands of foreigners specializing in human trafficking in Macao. They used deception, kidnapping and other means to forcibly export Chinese laborers, and many people were buried in the sea. 1922 On May 29th, the Portuguese army openly shot and killed more than 70 people from China under the bus, and injured 100 people.