For the first time ever, a Macao playwright has won the prestigious Cao Yu Script Award. Lawrence Lei I Leong’s dark domestic drama, Hide and Seek, was recognised for its powerful portrayal of cross-cultural and generational conflict.
Giorgio Sinedino, a prominent Brazilian sinologist based in Macao, grew up reading about China in his father’s library. Here’s how he turned his childhood fascination into an award-winning career helping the Portuguese-speaking world better understand Chinese philosophy and culture.
From battling pirates on the high seas during Macao’s maritime heyday to auditioning for the Patuá theatre, the city’s layered history and culture have been brought to life in a hands-on, high-tech exhibition at The Grand Lisboa Palace Art Gallery.
Lo Seng Chung has dedicated much of his life to preserving the folk customs surrounding Tou Tei, revered in Macao as the guardian of land and locality. Earlier this year, his efforts were formally recognised by China’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
Macao’s café culture is undergoing a transformation, with imports of unroasted coffee beans nearly doubling between 2014 and 2024. We speak to people involved in two thriving specialty coffee shops to better understand how this shift is playing out on the ground.
In Wong Yu-fei’s family, every son learns the art of jook-sing noodle making at the age of 15. “This is when we are tall and strong enough to manage the bamboo pole,” he explains, describing the highly physical practice of straddling a thick bamboo stem to roll out noodle dough. Every daughter, Wong adds, learns […]
This year’s collaborative exhibition between the Macao Museum of Art and the Palace Museum offers a glimpse into the life of Emperor Qianlong, a visionary leader proud to rule over a multi-cultural China during the High Qing period. “Palace of Double Brilliance” contains more than a hundred artifacts from Qianlong’s beloved home in the Forbidden City.
Local cook Lam Won Lun has taken a dim sum staple and made it his own. His innovative fare recently won over the taste buds of the Michelin Guide, earning the humble Lun Kee Rice Roll a spot on every foodie traveller’s itinerary of Macao.
In celebration of the Macao Special Administrative Region’s 25th anniversary, a new exhibition is showcasing over 100 stamp designs by nine renowned Macao artists – bringing the city’s cultural legacy to life in a format where art, history and function overlap.
The culmination of two decades of dedicated research, a new exhibition at the Mandarin’s House examines the life and legacy of the reformist thinker Zheng Guanying. Its location makes this showcase extra meaningful: the exhibition has been staged in the very home where Zheng’s influential words took shape.