Fulong New Street

Fulong new street is an ancient street in the Central District of Macao Peninsula, with a history of about several hundred years. Fulong new street used to be a prosperous commercial area, including furongli, funingli, Penglai new lane, qingheli, baiyantang, etc.

Fulong New Street

Rua Da felicidade is an ancient street in the central part of the Macao Peninsula, with a history of several hundred years. Fulong new street used to be a prosperous commercial area, including furongli, funingli, Penglai new lane, qingheli, baiyantang, etc.

historical background

In 1932, after the ban on prostitution in Hong Kong, prostitutes flourished in Macao. It was not until 1940s that prostitutes and drugs were banned in Macao. At that time, the above commercial activities were also very famous in Fulong new street. The building complex of Fulong new street in Macao is the best preserved Chinese brothel building complex so far, which has high historical value. It is also one of the birthplaces of Macao's gambling industry. Therefore, this area has experienced both prosperity and hardships.

past times

Fulong new street was built in the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty. It was planned by Yao Susha, the then governor of Australia and Portugal. The rich merchants Wang Lu and Wang Di bought land. After building the street, it became a famous "Flower Street". At that time, it was the most "high-class" place for entertainment in Macao. Together with the nearby Fu Rong Li and Yi An streets, it was known as the "third street of Huaguo" in Macao.

Fulong new street is divided into upper and lower sections. In the first half of the street are brothels, teahouses and other gathering places. In the most prosperous period, there are about 60, of which six are the most famous, namely "Yaxian", "Yongchun", "Liuchu", "Honglou", "Jinghua" and "Yulan". Each of them has its own unique names, such as Shu and Jiali. They drink, sing and make music with their guests. Many rich families and businessmen often linger here Duan is a gathering place for smoking rooms, restaurants and so on. It is a "street for men to play".

Whenever the night falls, "Huaguo Third Street" begins to be lively, with red lanterns hanging high, gorgeous people, rich businessmen, singing at night and getting drunk This beautiful scenery lasted until the end of the Second World War, when the Australian and Portuguese governments began to ban smoking and prostitution, and "Huaguo three streets" gradually disappeared.

present situation

A few years ago, the Macao government implemented the "city appearance improvement plan". Today's "Fulong New Street" is one of the cleanest streets in Macao.

There are still many two-story buildings in the late Qing Dynasty, but the decorative window panels, doors and metal door panels are painted with bright red paint, which is eye-catching and interesting to contrast with the gray walls. It is very antique and pleasing to the eye.

Nowadays, when you walk along Fulong new street, you can smell all kinds of delicious food. Because there are many restaurants, restaurants, snack shops and sugar shops, many gourmets come here to enjoy the delicious food. Go a little further and enter the "Qingping straight street". There are many hand letter stores. They are very aggressive in inviting tourists to "try food", which can be called a "miracle" in Macao.

All of the above, together with a number of nostalgic hotels, make Fulong new street a unique tourist attraction in Macao and a good place for tourists to buy letters

Many Chinese and foreign tourists have been attracted here.

development

In the past, the windows and door panels on the buildings in Fulong new street were not red. If you want to see what it looked like before, you can go to fulongli, behind Fulong new street. There are still the buildings that were not renovated before. Gray bricks, diagonal lattice windows and residual blue paint marks show the old appearance of Fulong new street. Moreover, it has been many years since the renovation of Fulong new street. Part of the paint has peeled off, which makes the street more full of vicissitudes.

It is reported that a gambling group will rebuild Fulong new street and bring the areas of Fulong new street, Yi'an street, Fulong new lane and furongli, which have been included in the scope of cultural relics protection, into the development plan to build a "Chinese and Western cultural village". At that time, the 52 buildings in the east section of Fulong New Street (from foxiaolou to hongchuangmenkou) will be redecorated. At that time, Macao's customs from 1885 to 1920 will be reappeared with the costumes, customs and cultural life of the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. By then, Fulong New Street will be more attractive to tourists.

delicious food

Among the delicacies in Fulong new street, the most coveted one is shark fin, which is famous far and near and attracts many "wingers" to visit. Among them, the southwest hotel is the most famous. The two-story old shop is not luxurious in appearance, but the door glass is hung with a few meters high shark fin, which is known to have a large origin. The restaurant's bowl of "Tianjiu wings" costs more than 1000 yuan, and its exquisite dishes cost hundreds of yuan, so it can be called "Regal canteen".

Of course, Fulong new street also has cheap shark fin. For example, Tianfa bowl of shark's fin, Tan's shark's fin and ah San's fin are only sold for dozens of yuan.

In addition, Fulong new street is also a "hand letter Street", with beef jerky, peanut candy, almond cake, shrimp sauce, salted fish and other hand letters with Macao characteristics.

Repair and protection

The Macao government has implemented the "improvement of city appearance plan", listed the old buildings in this area as key cultural relics, and allocated a huge sum of money to rebuild them. The old style of the whole street, such as the bright red eaves, the long walk, the flower window and door, has been preserved. It has become the most walkable street in Macao, and gathered many restaurants, showing a different style. Today's "Fulong New Street" is one of the most tidy streets in Macao.

There are still many two-story buildings in the late Qing Dynasty, but the decorative window panels, doors and metal door panels are painted with bright red paint, which is eye-catching and interesting to contrast with the gray walls. It is very antique and pleasing to the eye.

Movie location

Fulong new street is also a concentration of cheap hotels. The most famous one is Xinhua Hotel, which started in 1873 and used to be one of the most beautiful hotels in Macao.

In 2006, 18-year-old Hong Kong film star Liang Luoshi won the best actress award in the 27th Portugal international film festival for "Isabella", whose main location is Xinhua Hotel.

In addition, the movie "Butterfly" starring ho Chaoyi, the daughter of Macao gambling king Stanley Ho, and the movie "2046" directed by Wong Kar Wai were also filmed here. The hero and heroine of "2046" Liang Chaowei and Zhang Ziyi live in rooms 2047 and 2046 respectively. Faye Wong, Gong Li, Carina Lau, Tomoya Kimura and Zhang Manyu also linger in this hotel.

Address: Fulong new street, Macao

Longitude: 113.537553

Latitude: 22.194471

Ticket information: Free

Opening hours: all day

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