A neo-Romanesque Catholic church built by German missionaries in 1934, St. Michael’s Cathedral (Shèng Mígé'ěr Zhǔjiào Zuòtáng, 圣彌格爾主教座堂) sits atop a hill in Qingdao which today finds itself at the end of a road lined with beer stalls.

The white walls of the looming church interior are lined with gold trimming, dotted by stained glass windows and decorated by colorful murals. The large pipe organ in the back stands as a reminder of the great pipe organ the church once housed, but was destroyed when the church was desecrated by Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution.

Today, St. Michael’s Cathedral is an active place of worship, with services in both Chinese and Korean.

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