The Story of Macau Lychee Bowl Village

The sign of the village entrance north of Lai Chi Bowl Road from the junction of Shek Pai Wan Road and Tin Wan Street north. The village is one of the old villages on Rowan Island. The origin of the village's name is related to the fact that litchis were widely planted here in the past, and its bay is shaped like a bowl.

The village is bordered by Tianpan Village to the east, Luhuan Village to the south, and a small bay - Litchi Bowl - to the west of the village, which is opposite the new campus of the University of Macau on Hengqin Island across the Cross Gate Waterway. Next to Lai Chi Bowl Village is the abandoned shipyard area. There is a bungalow in the small yard on the right of Peninsula Road, which is the office of the Wing Lek Shipyard and the Au Tai Road Shipbuilding Chamber of Commerce. Walking down the road, to the west of the end of the road, there is a compound. There is a Portuguese-style bungalow in the courtyard, now the Rowan Customs Office Building. The south side of the road connects to the pier front land. On the seaside of Qiandi, a pier - Rowan Pier - was built. The pier was once the only external access to Roloan. The Macau SAR Government renovated the terminal in 2001.

The construction of the Litchi Bowl Shipyard Area began in the 1950s. It is the largest existing shipyard area in Macau and one of the largest shipbuilding industry sites preserved in South China. The value of the Litchi Bowl Shipyard area is mainly reflected in the shipbuilding process of the mid-to-late twentieth century, the life context and village form of Litchi Bowl Village formed due to the shipbuilding industry, and the landscape context of the entire area.

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Post by SSTC | Sep 27, 2023