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Tourism in the ancient city has been very popular recently, from Lijiang and Pingyao to Machu Picchu and Jerusalem. Tourists want to experience a journey through time and space.
There are many ancient cities around China, but the closer we get, the less we understand them. The Philippines, for example, only takes two hours to fly from South China, but because of prejudice, China people are afraid that it is either a Filipino maid or a typhoon, and it is a third world and cultural desert.
There are many ancient cities and buildings in the Philippines, which have not been impacted by tourism development and are well preserved and original. If you go from north to south along Luzon Island, Visayas Island and Mindanao Island, it will become a little-known road map of the ancient city of Little Treasure.
These ancient cities were established by the Spanish in the16th century, which preserved a large number of ancient buildings in Spanish style and were declared as world cultural heritage by UNESCO. Under the tropical sunshine and the island monsoon, they seem to have come to the Caribbean islands.
Jump on the island and visit the ancient city.
From Wigan ancient city in Irogo district in the north of Luzon Island, enter Malos ancient city in the middle of Luzon Island, go south to Pyla ancient city in Neihu Province via Manila, then jump into Rice ancient city and iloilo in Visayas Island, and finally reach Zamboanga in Mindanao.
Compared with Kyoto, Chiang Mai, Malacca and Hoi An, the Philippines' tourism promotion is weak, and the ancient city with a long history is little known. However, it is precisely because of its small reputation and few tourists that the ancient city is more original.
Road map of ancient city island jumping
Cartography: Kiki
Wigan, the most famous ancient city in the Philippines, is located in the iloc area in the north of Luzon Island. It is the city with the most complete preservation of Spanish architecture and culture in Asia and the Philippines, and 1999 was selected as a world cultural heritage.
Wigan's earliest settlers were Minnan people in China, and China called it the beautiful coast, which was a trading port between China and the Philippines. The aesthetic style of Wigan is deeply influenced by China, and the ancient houses of several China-Ilogo mixed-race families are one of the most attractive attractions here.
Calle Crisologo, the main street of Wigan ancient city.
An architectural style that combines the cultural elements of China and Europe.
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1572 The Spanish began to build Wigan. The urban structure was designed by Spanish towns in the18th century. There are checkerboard streets, squares and central parks in the center of the streets.
The streets are cobblestone, full of tricycles and carriages, and it feels like coming to Havana, Mexico, Malacca or Macau.
Salcedo Square (Salcedo Square)
And the chessboard streets of the ancient city
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Guchengjietou
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The most beautiful thing about the ancient city of the Philippines is the respect for ruins and debris. Instead of trying to repair the broken history, it has developed into a new aesthetic, which is a scarce quality in many tourist attractions.
The "earthquake-resistant baroque architecture" produced by combining the geographical characteristics of frequent earthquakes and tsunamis in the Philippines is the representative of survivor aesthetics.
Not far from Wigan, there is a Catholic church in Paoay, which was built in 1694. It is like a dinosaur lying on the ground, with a long tail and an all-stone structure, with grotesque buildings of Gaudi and illusions of Angkor Wat and Machu Picchu.
It's like a magical wonder that fell into the earth from the hands of aliens. It was born in Luzon as early as17th century, which is really amazing. It survived two earthquakes and was listed as a world cultural heritage.
Pavel church, Pavel church
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Go south into the central area of Luzon Island and Manila metropolitan area, and come to the ancient city settlement, where Spanish architecture and American architecture in the19th century are preserved.
The historic town center of Malloros is the birthplace of the first Republic of the Philippines, which was in the transition period when Spain ceded the Philippines to the United States. So there are mixed buildings of the United States and the West, and there are traces of the modern history of the Philippines at the end of 19, including the ancestral houses of famous families, such as the Xu Huange family from former President Aquino.
The ancient city of Mallory, Balasso because of the church.
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The historic town of Pyla is one of the few cities that has retained the urban planning of Spanish colonial period, and its structure is similar to Wigan.
Pyla church
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In the metropolis Manila, there is a Forbidden City-like Intramuros, surrounded by ancient city walls, which has been preserved to this day. From 157 1, this is the ruling center of the Spanish Empire in East India, and the Baluarte de San Diego located in it is like a medieval maze with the flavor of ancient Rome.
San Diego Garden
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Luzon Island is the largest island in the Philippines and the seat of a big city, but the colonial history of the Philippines originated from Visayas in the central archipelago. This is where Magellan first discovered the Philippines. 152 1 year, Magellan landed in Cebu and died here. It is the earliest Spanish colony in the Philippines.
There is a city of Sile on Negros Island in Visayas, which is known as "Paris of Negros". It is full of architectural monuments, artworks and cultural activities, and was once the gathering place of the western colonial bourgeoisie.
Negros Island has sugar resources, so many nobles who have made a fortune in the sugar industry have gathered. The sugar tycoon gaston and the Laxen family left architectural relics here. The site was built by the Laxen family in 1900. It is another site with aesthetic representation in the Philippines and is known as the Taj Mahal in the Philippines.
This Italian-style building is an unfinished building with a history of 120 years. The unfinished building has become a broken aesthetic masterpiece and is often photographed by fashion bloggers.
historical remains
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Ilo Ilo Ilo is located opposite the ancient city of Rice and was established in 1522. It is the second colonial city established by Spain in the Philippine Islands after Cebu and the last colonial city before Spanish colonists left Asia in 1898. It can be described as one of the Philippine cities with the longest colonial history in the West, with numerous cultural heritages.
Miagao church, built in 173 1, is also an earthquake baroque building, which survived the earthquake like Pavai church.
There are exquisite and complicated reliefs on the front of the church, and the towers and all-stone structures on both sides are reminiscent of Angkor Wat in Cambodia. Although they are far apart in age and belief, they have the beauty of time and space.
Miagao church
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The last stop of the trip to the island of the ancient city of the Philippines, returning to ancient history. The main body of the Philippines is in Luzon Island, the colonial history began in Visayas, and the ancient history was in Mindanao.
Mindanao is located at the southernmost tip of three islands in the Philippines. The ancient city of Samoan is named after Zheng He's name "Sambo". Like Semarang in Indonesia, it is the place where Zheng He stayed in the Western Ocean. The local Sulu Sultan once visited Judy, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
Zamboanga is the seat of Sulu Sultanate, which was founded in14th century and has been changing hands between Spain and Sudan. Fort Pilar, built in 1635, is a Spanish fortification against Sulu Muslims and is now the Zamboanga National Museum.
Bilabao
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Maitisuo ancient house
The main body of the ancient city of the Philippines is a unique building named Bahay na bato. Stone houses are the main content of the ancient city. After hundreds of years, they have been handed down from generation to generation by families.
/kloc-Stone houses on the streets of Manila in the early 1990s.
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Now the stone house in Cebu
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Stone houses are buildings that combine the aesthetics of Spain, the Philippines and China. They usually have two low floors, one is Spanish-style gates, garages and corridors, and the other is Bahai Kubo-style, with shell windows, flower carvings and antiques that draw lessons from the aesthetics of southern Fujian in China.
The building material is stone. The stability of stone can resist earthquakes and typhoons, and it can adapt to rainy and humid climate. The indoor ventilation is cool, which is very suitable for the hydrological environment in the Philippines.
This stone house combines the styles of the West, the Philippines and China, and is also called a hybrid of architecture.
Mestizos are descendants of Spaniards who married the indigenous people in the colonies. The male name is Mestizo and the female name is Mestiza.
Mestizo hybrids are concentrated in Latin America, a western colony, and there are also many in the Philippines. The former western colony Philippines is very close to Latin American culture. Although located in East Asia, it is closely related to the west coast of the Pacific Ocean.
1846 Filipino mixed-race people
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Justiniano Asuncion painted it.
mixed-race people
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Stone houses in the Philippines are similar to those in Ga Nyangnya, Singapore and Malaysia, and they are all mixed-race buildings.
The former is a mixture of Spanish, Filipinos and China, while the latter is a mixture of Portuguese, Malays and China, also known as eclectic architecture or China Baroque.
Similar appearance
Shan Niang Rang Construction (left)
Philippine Stone House (right)
Philippine stone house architecture
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Channiang Rang Construction
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Changdawu (left) and Shitouwu (right)
Interior design is based on
Interior Design of chan chan Building
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Shiwu interior design
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The integration of Chinese in the Philippines is second only to Thailand, and the Chinese population accounts for 20%. China people have a high economic and political status. Most of the classic stone houses are ancestral houses of China people's Maitisuo family, similar to those in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. Compared with Nyonya's highly developed tourism industry, Hua Fei Maisti Suo Wenhua is relatively low-key, but equally exquisite.
Mastizo, an American Chinese in a Maria Clara skirt.
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Kriso Luo family mansion (Crisologo) is the most famous mansion in Wigan, and the family has been a member of Congress for generations. The ancient house is dominated by European decorative art style, decorated with Southeast Asian furniture and Chinese style.
The Syquia Mansion in Wigan is the ancient residence of the Quirino family, the sixth Philippine President. Quirino married the Skuya family of China from Xiamen in the19th century. Syquia is a combination of Chinese Sy Ki Ah, and its Chinese name has been converted into Spanish surname.
The hostess's oil painting was placed in the Xikuiya Mansion.
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Stone houses are mostly designed in mixed styles, not only with mosaic floors, but also with China export porcelain decoration.
European chairs made of local bamboo are used indoors, which are cool and moisture-proof, equipped with Catholic statues, and the outdoor courtyard is rich in Spanish Moorish aesthetics.
The oldest stone house in Cebu, the Philippines, is the Yap-Santiago ancient house of China businessman Don Juan Yap. Marikina, a city near Manila, has an ancient mansion of Kapitan Moy, which is the hometown of China, the father of Filipino footwear. He came to the Philippines to start a business in the19th century and was sealed in Bitan, turning Marikina into the shoe capital of the Philippines.
Shiwu interior design
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Closed family
The complete protection of stone houses in the Philippines is the basis for the protection of ancient cities. But why are there so many unbeaten ancient houses that have been passed down for a hundred years? Of course, it is also inseparable from the protection and inheritance of the family. This generation of clans extends to the economic, political and social fields, and outlines the context of the Philippines in all directions.
The owner of the stone house: the Metiso family in the Philippines, almost mastered the whole national artery.
1880 Philippine Maitissot family
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Chinese-American Mastizo: Sikua-Quirino Family.
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Jose Rizal, known as the "revolutionary messiah" in the Philippines, Aquinas, the first president, and Penny Faxiu, the leader of the independence movement, are the ancestral homes and memorial halls of Chinese-American Metiso, three great politicians, and have become classic monuments in the Philippines.
Former President Mrs. Aquino was born in Juanco, a family from Zhangzhou, in 186 1. This family is in charge of politics and commerce, and her ancestral home in the ancient city of Malosse is a famous monument.
Alfredo Lim, the former mayor of Manila, is a Chinese and ran for president. The spouses of former President Arroyo and current Vice President Lin Lini are also Chinese Americans. Xin Sponge, a Catholic bishop and Chinese American, is the spiritual leader of the political force "People Power" and an important partner of Mrs. Aquino.
Xu Huan Ge-Aquino family
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These families have been handed down from generation to generation and have long controlled the national resources. There are so many well-preserved ancient cities, ancient houses and heritages in the Philippines, which shows that land privatization is serious, class mobility is stagnant, several families control it back and forth, and there is no external destruction.
Only the composition of Philippine presidents can show the closeness of power transfer: all presidents are close relatives, mother and son (Mrs. Aquino and son), father and daughter (Arroyo and father), and cousins (Marcos and Ramos). The state-owned assets embezzled by the notorious former President Marcos have not been recovered yet, and his widow and son are still members of Congress.
Max's widow, Imelda, is in her ancestral home full of artworks.
I'm afraid it's all corruption
Photo: The documentary "The Maker of the King"
Closed families and stagnant social mobility, although helpful to the protection of historical sites and cultural inheritance, have greatly hindered the social development of the Philippines, resulting in corruption crimes and backward national economy, and hindered the development of tourism. Therefore, although the Philippines is rich in cultural sites, it lags behind other East Asian countries. It is precisely because of the lack of development that historical sites are free from artificial traces, authentic and credible, and are becoming more and more rare.
Things devour themselves and shine for themselves.
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Kahapon, the background music of this issue, is a Philippine folk song in the 1970s, and it is also the ending song of the Singapore film My Parents Are Not at Home. Ilo Ilo, the hometown of Filipino maids, is the city of Iloilo introduced in this article.
The band Asin, which means "Salt of the Earth", represents the humble and pious masses, and combines folk songs, rock and tribal elements to try to return to the true nature of music. Asin members have experienced difficulties such as assassination, immigration, dissolution and reorganization, and remain the most classic Philippine folk band. Every song is beautiful, sincere and powerful.
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