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3 September 2010 16:03
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Macao's Mandarin House opens to public Print E-mail
mandarim_house_2.jpgMacau, China, 5 Feb - The Mandarin's House, one of Macau's world-heritage protected buildings, opened its door to the public today for the first time since the restoration project began eight years ago.

The Mandarin's House, also known as Zheng's Family Mansion in Chinese, is a two-story open plan dwelling and former residence of Zheng Guanying, a late Qing dynasty merchant and political reformer from Guangdong who penned his Treatise "Words of Warning in Times of Prosperity" while living in the historical residence.

Believed to be built before 1869, the Mandarin's House covers an area of nearly 4,000 square meters, the biggest of such kind in Macau.

Cultural Affairs Bureau (ICM) took over the residence in July 2001 for restoration, and spent eight years and around 43 million patacas (US$ 5.44 million U.S. dollars) on the restoration project, which was originally scheduled to cost 36 million patacas and be open by 2007.

The Macau Post Daily wrote Thursday that the deputy-director ICM, Stephen Chan Chak Seng  said that the Macau government will open a tender for the construction of a museum and exhibition space for creative industry projects directly adjunct to the Mandarin's House, one of Macau's world-heritage protected buildings, later this year.

The Mandarin's House will only accommodate 100 visitors at a time and priority is given to those who pre-register.

(MacauNews)
 
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