Macau Travel｜Do you know the \”doorways\” in these buildings?

The \”Historic Center of Macao\” was successfully approved to be included in the \”World Heritage List\” in July 2005. For more than ten years, countless tourists have walked into these buildings and experienced the unique Macao style.

But do you really understand them?

There are many \”doorways\” hidden in these buildings. Today, the Voice of the Greater Bay Area will take you from a different perspective to experience the beauty of Macau’s World Heritage.

Whether you are rich or not, look at the window

Near the square in front of the Senado, there is a blue-brick tenement-style building hidden in an alley. It is dignified and elegant on the outside, but there is something special inside. It is the Lu family mansion.

The oyster shell windows commonly seen in the Lu family’s big house are very Lingnan-style. The raw material used is \”Sun and Moon Shell\”, which is common in the South China Sea. The craftsmen polish the pearlescent layer into thin slices and then inlay it on the window lattice. It is very delicate. Compared with window paper, oyster shells are not only beautiful, but can also block wind and heat, preventing indoor furniture from aging due to sunlight.

Colorful glass windows that are common in Western buildings are also found in the Lu family’s mansion. At that time, glass was rare and precious, and large areas of glass were rarely used to make windows. Therefore, the proportion of glass on a window can also reflect the financial resources of the homeowner to a certain extent.

This door has a \”doorway\”

After looking at the windows of the Lu family house, you can reach another \”Macau Historic Center\” attraction – the Cheng family in just 15 minutes\’ walk. Big house. You must be familiar with the owner of this house – Zheng Guanying. It was here that he completed the world-famous \”Warnings in the Prosperity\”.

The Zheng family’s big house has many doors and is very Lingnan-style. Looking up, you can see that the decoration on the wall of the entrance gatehouse is particularly exquisite. Among them, the maple tree and the monkey mean \”conferring a prince\”, and the carp means \”jumping over the dragon gate\”; a person walking with a piano under his arm means \”visiting friends with the piano\”.

There are three doors in the Yuqing Hall in the Zheng family house, also known as the \”triple doors\”, including a low door (also known as a stilt door), a sliding door and a panel door. Among them, the sliding door is very similar to the common stainless steel anti-theft door today, which can provide ventilation, ventilation and lighting.

This roof is not simple

Less than 500 meters away from the Zheng family house, we come to another Macau World Heritage attraction – A-Ma Temple, also known as A-Ma Pavilion.

Four to five hundred years ago, the ancestors of Macao hoped that every time they went to sea, they would have a safe and smooth harvest and a full harvest, so they built a temple at the seaport to worship Mazu. Therefore, there is also a saying among Macau people: \”First there was A-Ma Temple, and then there was Macau City.\” Legend has it that the English name Macau in Macau was originally the transliteration of \”A-Ma\” by Portuguese businessmen.

The A-Ma Temple is the oldest preserved building in the Central Plains of Macao. It has glazed tile roofs and cornices. , reliefs and other decorations. Among them, the flying eaves are very dynamic and beautiful in Chinese architecture. The high-rising eaves are like a bird spreading its wings, which is light and lively. This design also expands the lighting surface, helps to drain rainwater, and keeps the room dry.

The top of the side walls on both sides of the main hall of A-Ma Temple are wok-shaped gables, which is a typical Lingnan architectural style. The wok-shaped walls are in the shape of \”convex\” and pay attention to symmetry, which helps to hold down the top and block the wind , Promote indoor air circulation. The wok ear wall also looks like an ancient official building. The hat has been imbued with beautiful meanings such as dominance, wealth and good luck.

Every building in the Historic Center of Macao

has its own uniqueness

A window. , a door and a wall

They are all the \”best narrators\” of Macau\’s elegance

Source: Voice of the Greater Bay Area