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Country
  
China

Renovated
  
2002-2010

Number of rooms
  
more than 60

Floors
  
2

Province
  
Guangdong Province

Completed
  
1869

Floor count
  
2

Opened
  
1869

Phone
  
+853 2896 8820

Mandarin's House

Owner
  
Zheng Guanying's Family (formerly)

Address
  
10 Tv. de Antonio da Silva, Macau

Hours
  
Open today · 10AM–6PMMonday10AM–6PMTuesday10AM–6PMWednesdayClosedThursday10AM–6PMFriday10AM–6PMSaturday10AM–6PMSunday10AM–6PM

Similar
  
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The mandarin s house macau


Mandarin's House (Chinese: 鄭家大屋) is a historic residential complex in São Lourenço, Macau, China. It was the residence and family home of the late Qing theoretician and reformist Zheng Guanying (1842-1921). He completed his masterpiece of Shengshi Weiyan (Words of Warning in Times of Prosperity) in the house. Mandarin's House occupies an area of 4000m2, which is amongst the largest family houses in Macau.

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History

Mandarin's House was built in 1869 (Eighth year of the reign of Emperor Tongzhi) by Zheng Guanyin's father Zheng Wenrui. Zheng Guanying and his brothers gradually enlarged the complex since. It was built largely in Cantonese style but is noted for its fusion of western architectural elements.

Between the 1950s and the 1960s, the Zheng family gradually moved out and the house was then rented out. There were at once more than 300 tenants living inside the complex, resulting in poor living conditions.

The government overtook the complex in 2001. In 2005, the house was listed as part of the Historic Centre of Macau, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

References

Mandarin's House Wikipedia