Mandarin's House is located in Southern Macau Peninsula. A historic residential complex, used to be the residence and ancestral family home of the well-known Chinese philosopher and philanthropist, Zheng Guanying.
Zheng Guanying is the famous author of (Words of Warning in Times of Prosperity) or also known as (Golden Age Prophecy). His works has influenced many country great leader including Sun Yat-sen and Chairman Mao in their decision making as the prophecy has provided them various transformation ideas and concepts to China back in those days.
This place was built in 1869, by Zheng Guanying’s Father, with over 4,000 square meters, 60 rooms, and two main court. This house is one of the largest family houses in Macau Peninsula. The house was severely damaged because of fire accident and it took them 8 years to fix it.
The Mandarin’s House was built with an influence of Cantonese style houses, but you can see its fusion of both east and western architectural elements, that makes this house more unique along with the significant historical presence of the house. The house was long abandoned until it was purchased by a businessman developer from Zheng Guanying’s descendants.
In 2001 the Macau government successfully took over the property and the renovation work starts in 2002. The restoration process was a bit challenging for the government because majority of the house were severely damage due to vandalism. The government tried their best to recover the house to its original form as much as possible. The Mandarin House was finally opened to the public in 2010 with free admission. Today, The Mandarin House is one of two 19th-century Chinese-style residence in Macau and in 2005, the Mandarin’s House was inscribed as a Unesco World Heritage Site, as a part of Historic Centre of Macau.
HOW TO GO HERE:
English address: 10 Travessa de Antonio da Silva, Macau
Chinese address: 澳門龍頭左巷10號
Telephone: (+853) 2896 8820
Opening Hours: 10:00am until 06:00pm (Entrance closed at 05:30pm) Closed every Wednesday except for Public Holiday. Admission Fee: FREE
There are various routes on how to get here, you can even travel on foot from Senado Square going to The Mandarin’s House. Clear road signs are available to guide you accordingly so no worries on getting lost or you may take public bus 18 or 28B to stop at the junction near the Mandarin House. The Mandarin House is located along the R. da Barra and R. do Padre Antonio roads with many other attractions along the road like cathedrals, cafes etc. I would suggest those who are able to travel on foot to take this route from Senado Square and stop at each attractions along the way. But, if you are staying at Hou Kong Hotel like me and my friends. You can either take a walk or take the bus. Since we only had few hours to spend before our flight back to Manila, so we decided to took the bus route, from Hou Kong Hotel take a minute walk towards to Ponte 14 bus stop and take either Bus #2, 5, 6, 11 and align at Templo Ama (Ama Temple) bus stop. Then follow my video and 15 minutes later you will be arriving at the Mandarin’s House.
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