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The past of the May Day holiday,
It heralds the end of spring.
Cherry blossoms in spring, beaches in summer,
Autumn leaves, hot springs in winter...
Perhaps the epidemic in the past two years has made us miss a lot of scenery,
But it also allows us to gain a deeper bond with others.
The days when you can't go far away,
Let us take you on an online tour
Three unforgettable Nanyang mansions in the movie,
Explore the crystallization of the collision of Chinese and Western cultures in them.
Take a break and wait for a better departure in the future.
No.1 Lover's House
She asked him who he was. He said he had returned from Paris, where he was studying, and that he also lived in Sarri, right on the banks of the river, with a large mansion and a platform with a blue porcelain railing. ”
- Duras, "Lover"
The fishermen ferrying on the Mekong River slowly weave through the mist,
Stoves propped up by street vendors
Smoke from the cooking smoke melts in the hot weather,
Narrow streets lined with old buildings
Lined with shutters that are closed or open,
This is Saigon, the French colonial area of Vietnam, the Chinese area of Di'an.
A French girl crossed the ocean to come here
A rainy day, a black car, a stuffy little room,
A French girl in a sunhat
A brief encounter with a Chinese man in a white suit
——French female writer Duras's "Lover"
Turning "Saigon" into a sexy and charming,
But there is no shortage of faintly sad names.
"Lover" tells the love story between a French girl and a rich Chinese son in the French colonial Vietnamese era in 1929
In 1992 director Jean Jacques Arnold remade the film of the same name,
Starring actors Leung Ka Fai and Jane March,
Presents this poignant love story.
The man's mansion that blends French and Chinese styles,
As if it also alludes to the interweaving of exotic feelings in the movie,
This is the "Ping Shui Ancient House" located in Can Tho, Vietnam.
With a history of more than 200 years, the "Binh Shui Ancient House" belongs to a local Vietnamese merchant family of Yang's wealthy merchants dating back to the 18th century, and has been handed down to the 6th generation
"Pingshui Ancient House" was built in 1807,
The initial total area was about 6,000 square meters.
The outer wall of the main house, which is open to the outside world, is wrapped in a light goose yellow,
Surrounded by manicured bonsai and flowers,
Blue Art Nouveau shutter panes stand out,
The whole building looks like a 19th-century French-style country house from the outside.
The elegant shuttered doors and windows are preceded by carved iron balustrades of the same color, and the upper eaves are decorated with typical European reliefs of flowers and fruits
Relief part
Very different from the outside,
The interior of the main house is built in Chinese style combined with traditional Nanyang style.
The entire space includes a front house for reception,
There are 5 compartments in the traditional worship place and residence,
Made of 24 precious woods,
It was a rare mansion at the time.
It is said that the original design and construction of the house also invited the descendants of Lu Ban and introduced the Chinese feng shui layout
"Lover" male protagonist home clip
The hall is covered with floor tiles with geometric patterns of flowers and leaves imported from France,
There are 3 sets of tables and chairs of different styles.
Each set has different features:
Entertain guests, traditional family banquets, and family meetings.
Floor tile details
The altar in the middle of the house is modeled after the Chinese altar, surrounded by gilded wooden frames / The first thing the male protagonist does when he returns home is to worship his ancestors
Wooden lintels carved with dragons and phoenixes and flowers and birds
There is also a traditional bat image, which means to attract "Fu" into the room.
Centuries of artefact collections also make their home here:
Marble furniture, Louis XV satin crafts
and a variety of large and small Ming and Qing porcelain.
A corner of many Chinese porcelain pieces is placed
Carvings that imitate the Baroque style add a sense of three-dimensionality
Between the brilliant lights at night
Crystal chandelier of the French nobility
It is complemented by Antique Chinese-style openwork cast iron lamps.
At the end of the hall side, yellow occupies the field of vision,
The geometric decorative paintings on the eaves of the walls have faded,
But a European-style embroidered tapestry hanging on the wall
But it's still alive, just like it was then.
The end of the hall side
European forest animal theme hand-woven tapestries
Art Nouveau faience
There are also different porcelain crops hanging on the door frame,
At first glance, it looks not only decorative paintings, but even tableware,
It seems that compared to the use of secular,
The host family prefers to highlight its precious beauty.
Fan-faced porcelain paintings that symbolize wealth and auspiciousness
A Chinese porcelain plate hanging from the lintel
To this day, through the hidden shutters,
It seems that you can still catch a glimpse of the Chinese man solemnly kneeling in front of his father,
Begging him to agree to the scene in which he married the French maiden,
And the fate of the two people is to draw a dividing line invisibly,
There has been no day of seeing each other since that parting.
The repeated appearance of semi-closed blinds in "Lover" seems to hint at the uncertainty of the prospects of the relationship
No.2 Blue House Adventure
"My mother taught me to play mahjong, and she said that mahjong allowed me to understand the skills of dealing with the world, to be competitive, to be strategic, and to cooperate with each other."
- "Picking Gold"
Rachel sat in the mahjong hall and waited patiently,
However, for a long time, Yang Tai, who was invited to come, was elegant
The white suit and sunglasses walked into the yard.
The two looked at each other, and she was still from the cultivation that the other was trying to maintain
Read out a faint disdain and repulsion:
"We're not the same kind of people."
And with Yang Tai seated, mahjong began
With the crisp sound of the cards, Rachel spoke unashamedly
Her unblessed love affair with Mrs. Yang's son:
Just like their poker game,
Everyone at the mahjong table enjoys equal luck, but wins and loses in the individual;
And there is no difference between love and affection, there is no difference between winning or losing, some are just trade-offs.
Prototype of "Mahjong Hall"
As the "head of the house" of a wealthy family, Yang Tai has always disapproved of her son being with this Chinese civilian girl who immigrated to the United States
The movie "Picking Gold" is adapted from
Novels by Singaporean writer Kevin,
The story is about a Chinese Cinderella
A love story with the children of wealthy Singapore.
Although the novel is fictional, the film allows the heroine and the future mother-in-law
The "mahjong hall" that resolves the "Chinese-style" contradiction really exists.
It is the former residence of Malaysian patriotic overseas Chinese leader Zhang Bishi "Blue House".
At night, the balcony on the second floor of the Blue House opened the bamboo curtain and lit the lantern, which was brightly lit
Built in 1897, the Blue House is located in Penang,
It once covered an area of 56,000 square feet,
It is the largest surviving Chinese garden residence in the local area.
It is also known as one of the top ten mansions in the world.
Zhang Bishi, who is known as the "Rockefeller of the East",
As a "crazy" Asian old money generation in the eyes of Europeans and Americans,
His former home was naturally satisfied
All fantasies about the richness of the Eastern way.
Located at 14 Lotus Street, Penang, Malaysia, "Blue House" has appeared in a number of films, including the Oscar-winning French films "Indochina", "Night Andy", "Blue Giants" and so on
In the 1992 film Indochina actress Catherine deneuve in the Blue House
The reason why the "Blue House" got its name,
Because its entire façade is wrapped in a brilliant blue,
This unique blue color comes from a local orchid flower juice,
With sapphire-like colors, precious abnormalities,
At that time, it was regarded as a symbol of nobility.
The above-colored paint is mixed with an orchid juice called "indigofera Arrecta" / and the roof is decorated with a colorful phoenix mosaic
The green tiles and red bricks on the eaves are not full of life
There is no shortage of gothic-style tough dark furniture and Chinese marble core round tables, which look solemn and mysterious against the blue background
The whole mansion was built in the Chaozhou "four-point gold" pattern,
Take the eight pillars to take the word "hair" in harmony,
Measured by Suzhou designers and nearly 100 feng shui gentlemen,
It took 7 years to complete, a total of 38 rooms,
5 granite paved patio gardens,
7 staircases and 220 wooden French shutters.
Renovated in the 1990s, the Blue House was converted into an open resort with 18 rooms/patio gardens
French shutters fill the corridor on the side of the second floor
When the different side chambers are intertwined with the garden
Interspersed with gothic high windows and Art Nouveau stained glass windows,
Above the geometric tiles of Stoke glaze stands the Corinthian stone pillars,
and a Scottish-style spiral staircase made of king teak,
The various styles are mixed together but are exceptionally harmonious.
A room decorated with Art Nouveau glass windows has now been converted into a small bar
Scottish cast iron spiral staircase outside the garden
The friezes of collins columns and two-story corridors are designed with vermilion background, wooden grain, and the skeletons are cast in pig iron in the Gothic style, and have not been rusted or damaged for hundreds of years
Behind the tranquil courtyard and Chinese carved screens,
The entrance hall is paved with Mosaic floor tiles imported from Britain,
Precision color block stitching with widely made lacquered gold screw tin furniture
Produces a unique visual contrast effect.
Main entrance hall
Tile details
Panes are sculpted with details
Arch decoration on the second floor balcony
Colorful mosaic mosaics,
Each piece is made of broken porcelain from the East
Pieced together little by little, it's unique.
Balcony arches decorated partially
The Blue House was not only the private residence and office of Zhang Bishi in his later years.
It is also the residence of his favorite seventh aunt,
He spent a lot of time here with the Seventh Wife and his son.
In his unique vision of arrangement,
This Chinese style is integrated into the European style
It's not just his ultimate destination
It is also a reflection of his turbulent life.
The collection of mahjong in the Blue House and the screw wooden box dedicated to mahjong
In the end of the "mahjong negotiation", Rachel voluntarily let Yang Tai win the card, and Yang Tai also saw Rachel's mother in the crowd - two mothers from different circles, but whose mother's love is more valuable than whose?
No.3 Nyonya House
"If one does not know one's past, one is like a leaf and does not know that one is part of the tree."
- "Little Nyonya"
That year, Xiao Yue Niang lost her parents,
She dragged her young body to her grandmother's house in Malacca,
Into the eye is a magnificent turquoise mansion.
She was ushered into the hall, and the grandmother who heard the news only looked at her from a distance.
His eyes were filled with tears—that childish face
Isn't it the same as her daughter who has gone away!
"Nyonya" refers to the female descendants of chinese immigrants and local aborigines who settled in the malacca, Indonesia and Singapore areas from the early 15th to the 17th century, and the male is called "Baba"/Xiao yue niang and her grandmother's acquaintance
At this time, Xiao Yueniang did not know,
This colorful mansion
Will contain all the bittersweet and bittersweet in her life.
And her life is the life of the Nyonyas.
Nanyang wealthy businessman Zheng Jinggui is from Zengcheng, Guangzhou, famous for funding overseas Chinese and donating huge sums of money to help the poor, and the Qiao Sheng Museum was named "Haiji Stack" during Zheng Jinggui's residence.
This typical 19th century "Baba Nyonya" mansion
It is located in Penang, Malaysia
The Peranakan Museum in Georgetown, the capital city,
The residence of Cheng King Kwai, once the richest Man of Chinese descent in Malaysia.
Originally built in the 1890s, the old mansion is located on Tai Tong Tsai Street in Penang/Both the original and the 2020 edition of Little Nyonya were filmed/perimeter corridors here
"Baba Nyonya" mansion building is narrow and long,
This building incorporates the design of a Chinese courtyard,
There is a Chinese ancestral hall, a private school and a Western-style reception hall.
There is a lobby and a restaurant in front, and a small courtyard and a small vault in the back,
Combined with the design of the Western-style building, the second floor is a residential area.
Nyonya cuisine has also attracted a lot of people's love
The ornate door screens in the main building are carved with Chinese,< and everything from Chinese to
Skeletonized patterns in Victorian and Dutch styles,
Inlaid screw tungsten hardwood furniture carved grain wide and deep,
Absorb the Western-style circular carving technique, with a stronger sense of three-dimensionality,
It is known as the "Baroque of the East".
Fragment of "Little Nyonya"
The first floor of the central open-air garden, taking this structure is also in line with the traditional theory of gathering water and gathering wealth
Colorful porcelain floor tiles imported from England with bright colors
And European-style stained glass shines in the sunlight.
Jingdezhen pastel porcelain and marble sculpture fountain
Forming a cozy patio garden,
The style of the east and west sides of the strait is mixed here.
Patio garden
Female dependents can play a board game called "Nyonya Card" here for entertainment
The "long table feast" is a feast of the Nyonya family,
It is also the best stage to show the unique Nyonya cuisine,
It is often held in the main restaurant in Chinese style.
Crystal chandelier under the Chaoshan lacquer gold carved door and window partitions
Surrounded by a long table is quite elegant and noble,
There is also a European restaurant dedicated to welcoming foreign guests.
Long table feast
The Western-style restaurant is filled with European oil paintings, marble sculptures, famous porcelain, and the seats are also equipped with French floral embroidery linings
Hand chairs, stained glass windows also have details of human scene paintings
The second floor is the lounge and bedroom of the master's home,
It was replaced with a more comfortable wooden floor
Also laid a large number of widely used inlaid screw furniture,
Compared to the colorful color of the first layer,
This floor is more like a private space for the owner's homesickness.
French cast iron railings with mahogany armrests are expensive
Chinese calligraphy, porcelain and antique chandeliers fill the corridors
The boudoir of the daughter's house is equipped with a Chinese-style bed or a Western-style soft bed.
Based on the theme of oriental landscape flowers and fruits,
In the door posts and drawer boards and other parts of the mixed with Western elements,
The curtains and mattresses are influenced by Malay and Siamese culture and are brightly coloured.
Traditional Nyonya costumes
The dresses, makeup cabinets, embroidered shoes, phoenix crowns, and wedding cake boxes of the boudoir showgirls were all preserved
The ancestral hall is located on the side of the main house,
The roof and corners of the gate
Even with enamel to create a miniature ancestral hall scene,
The meticulousness of the craftsmanship is dizzying.
The ancestral hall covers an area comparable to a hall, which shows the importance that the family attaches to worship
Ancestral hall gate
When Zheng Jinggui was alive, he loved to collect antiques,
Most of the furnishings in the house are already antiques,
In addition, thousands of treasures are on display,
Including furniture from different cultural backgrounds, gold and silver porcelain,
Crafts, sculptures, jewelry and clothing.
Glass crafts from Japan, Italy and other countries
Preserved to this day, it has become a Peranakan in Penang under the South Sea
The most memorable microcosm of the history of struggle and the face of life.
Europe has been blowing since 350 years ago
The enduring "Chinoiserie Chinoiserie",
The charm of China's ancient culture
And the craftsmanship and ultimate ingenuity
It has plunged the Western countries into endless obsessions and fantasies.
And the sites that have precipitated the culture of overseas Chinese
It is also the truest portrayal of "East and West".
The Chinoiserie restaurant at Buckingham Palace
These carry traditional culture
"Output" and "Inclusive" mansions
Perhaps it has achieved a unique background worth recalling in film and television works,
Maybe it has become a different kind of scenery in some people's journeys,
But in the final analysis, it is all wisps
The sublime or homesickness of crossing the mountains.
Editor: CCis
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