Friday, October 19, 2012

Macao longhuan Portuguese charm of the origin of the name

The whole longhuan Portuguese charm scenic area includes the Taipa House Museum, Jia die church, library, Taipa Taipa municipal garden and the garden. The front of the museum is a piece of mangrove wetland, can watch black-faced spoonbills, egrets, herons, kingfishers and ash mandarin duck and other birds. Longhuan Portuguese charm scenic area has been assessed as one of the eight Macao.

����History

"Dragon" is the old Taipa Island, "Pu Yun" refers to this Portuguese architectural style. The five Portuguese style building, completed in 1921. The former Macao Islands senior official residence and Macanese family residential. In 1992, the Portuguese government to repair and reconstruction as a House Museum of the building group.

����Origin of the name

"Dragon" is the old name Macao Taipa Island, and "Taipa Taipa Island" is to describe the Portuguese architectural style and charm, also refers to Aberdeen Beach Road along the landscape.

"Longhuan Portuguese charm" is one of the eight Macao, landscape five Portuguese housing, including the sea road Jia die church, library and two small seaside park, which the Portuguese buildings -- five green small villa is regarded as the young cultural architecture and culture important heritage, they at the same time it is also one of the attractions of Macao representative.

Landscape: five ancient buildings in Portugal.

The five buildings Macao Taipa seaside road was built in 1921, was a senior government official's residence, was also some Macanese family house. The 80's of the last century, the Portuguese Government Tourist Office (that is now Macao Tourism Bureau) these buildings will be acquired, and renovated, make it possible recovery. In 1992, the five building is the Macao cultural circles rated with higher value of architectural art of buildings.

The government took the buildings a thorough repair, make the building inside and outside all take on an altogether new aspect, the three buildings have been converted into a museum, were "Macanese family", "island home" and "Portugal home", three museums are in 1999 November the official opening to the outside world, let visitors in order to understand the Macao Portuguese and Macanese culture; two additional buildings becomes the "exhibition" and "Yingbin Hotel", for exhibitions, lectures and reception in. This area area was officially named as the "longhuan Portuguese charm", and assessment by the Macao cultural circles represent Macao one of eight scenic spots, fully affirmed its artistic and cultural value.

����Two: the seaside recreation area enjoy the landscape amorous feelings

In order to increase the "unique color longhuan Portuguese charm", next to the first building of Portuguese buildings, set up a "longhuan Portuguese charm" tea pavilion, visitors can break and have some characteristics of Macao snacks. Visitors can sit in the teahouse, edge taste coffee, while enjoying the sea road charming European style, very comfortable.

As night falls, the quiet "longhuan Portuguese charm" exudes intoxicating scent, composed of gravel recreation area with Fuou continental color benches, and lovers stroll, or sitting in the chair, Xiangyixiangwei see the sundowners, romantic and very.

In the evening, the sky and gentle soft light, also reflected "another beauty longhuan Portuguese charm", not to be missed.

��"Macanese family"

This is Macao's most distinctive museum.

"Macanese" ethnic groups mainly refers to produce when the Portuguese and Southeast Asia Malaysia, Filipino and South Indian marriages after the race, they have their own language, culture, lifestyle and religion, but with a distinctly Oriental life habit, "Macanese" is a unique, they home to Macao, and bring a new food culture, "Macao Portuguese food" is their invention.

Visitors can learn Macanese culture through the museum, because most of the exhibits inside the exhibition hall are from settled in Macao has long been the Macanese family, its furniture, furnishings and home furnishing decoration are distinctive style, reflects the integration of Chinese and Western culture in his life, and some old photos, also enough to witness the native the Portuguese in Macao living conditions, reflects the integration of Chinese and Portuguese culture, this is Macao this town cultural reflection.

����"Island home"

This is the only one in Macao reflect the Cotai historic small museum.

Since the 1999 November opening, "island" home of the museum attracted many tourists, tens of thousands of visitors. From the old stone age archaeological artefacts to various large machine today's project, "the island house" is on display through 10 topics, allowing visitors to systematically understand the ups and downs of Taipa Island, etc..

The museum's 10 topics divided into "Road area of terrain and the name change", "Islands archaeology", "history", "the people's livelihood", "Islands traffic history", "temple culture", "the Portuguese architecture", "food", "large building development", "recreation and entertainment place", through the display of cultural relics, pictures and text description of the Taipa-Coloane style and the historical one one return, let visitors understand, understanding Macao Coloane and Taipa Island from the two aspects of culture and the humanities.

��"Portugal home"

The museum is to find a good place for Portuguese minorities.

This building is two storeys high, the main display of multiple regions of Portugal's ethnic culture, the minority rich features costumes, pictures and crafts exhibit, visitors can understand the national mode of life, social customs and habits from. In this exhibition, people can learn to, Portugal customs of ethnic minorities than Chinese ethnic customs.

����"Museum" and "Yingbin Hotel"

The remaining two buildings are "exhibition" and "Yingbin Hotel".

"Exhibition" as host various types, nature of the exhibition site for. The two - storey "Yingbin Hotel" is not open to the outside world, mainly for the banquet, lectures or held some of the characteristics of food culture and art activities.

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