APONTAMENTOS DE VISITAS A MACAU DURANTE AS DINASTIAS MING E QING
This article presents the transcription and compilation of notes from visits to Macau during the Ming and Qing dynasties, focusing on the chapter Xianbo — Notes on the journey to Lingnan, extracted from Ye Quan (Lingnan Ji, 1565) and who visited Macau in November of that year. The author, Tian Yingx...
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| Published in: | Review of Culture |
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| Format: | Articles |
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Instituto Cultural de Macau
April 2002
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| Online Access: | https://www.icm.gov.mo/rc/viewer/pdfViewerParts/40002/2670 |
| Summary: | This article presents the transcription and compilation of notes from visits to Macau during the Ming and Qing dynasties, focusing on the chapter Xianbo — Notes on the journey to Lingnan, extracted from Ye Quan (Lingnan Ji, 1565) and who visited Macau in November of that year. The author, Tian Yingxia, selects and comments on excerpts that highlight Macau, in the era of the opening of the port, as a space for the circulation of knowledge, goods, and people, immersed in relations between China, the West, and regional port networks. The methodology involves critical editing of primary sources, exact transcription of excerpts, and historical contextualization, supported by notes and iconographic support, including drawings of Portuguese ships present in Records of Macau (Qing dynasty).
The notes reveal Macau as a port enclave where maritime commerce flourishes, foreigners participate in urban dynamics, and local authorities exercise control, often through strategies of temporary complacency or coercion. The episode involving Tang Ke Kuan and the collection of taxes illustrates tensions between central administrative authority and mercantile interests, as well as the instability caused by political intrigues. Descriptions of foreigners on the island — ways of dressing, physical appearance, and status objects — reflect practices of intercultural perception and the role of travelers' accounts in the construction of images of Macau. It is concluded that these notes help to understand Macau as a space that anticipates dynamics of commerce, power, and culture, contributing to the understanding of the formation of Macao as a cosmopolitan hub. |
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| ISSN: | 1682-1106 |