Lou Lim Ioc Garden
Classical Chinese garden built in the Suzhou style, with lotus ponds and zigzag bridges.
This guide to Lou Lim Ioc Garden in Macau follows Lou Kau, an orphaned refugee of Guangdong's Red Turban Rebellion who arrived in the city in 1857 with nothing and rose to become its first gambling tycoon, gaining Portuguese nationality and co-founding a hospital along the way. In 1906, at the height of his fortune, he built this Suzhou-style retreat, with its nine-curve bridge and pavilions mixing Corinthian columns with Chinese pagodas. The guide then turns to the lottery concession he staked everything on, and what happened to him and the garden after it collapsed. Stand on the curved bridge among the lotus ponds as you listen.
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