LAM FAI TENG, LONG VA TEA HOUSE
龍華茶樓
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The Long Va Tea House was built in 1963 and is located beside the Red Market. We can find a three-story building painted yellow on the outer wall at the north side of the Red Market, and the south wall of the third floor is inlaid with the four metal characters "Long Va Tea House". The Macao Cultural Affairs Bureau began repairing the teahouse in July 2005 to help preserve and revitalize the historic building and continue its original functions.
The layout of Long Va Tea House can be described as Hong Kong-specific and has kept the layout of the Hong Kong-style tea house in the 1960s. The shop has always adhered to the traditional style, based on traditional service methods, traditional craftsmanship cuisine, and refined tea from various regions, attracting a large number of guests. Although there is no air-conditioning in the store, it is filled with calligraphy and paintings and the boss's photography works.
The traditional tea house always is a “leisure place” where people can stay there for half-day and even more. This is part of the daily life of many Macao people who love gathering. The tea house will be a good choice to be provided to them. A pot of tea, a few cages of dim sum, a get together with family and friends and talks about family friendship.
In the past, there were more activities in Long Va Tea House not only including meals. For instance, people loved to keep birds as pets in the past. They would bring out birds to the tea house and the tea house would be full of birds’ sound. After some movie was shot at Long Va Tea House it made the prices go up and even attracted more tourists to visit the tea house. On the other hand, it ruins the neighborhood that could have been a comfortable and a relaxing gathering place instead of becoming a tourist attraction.
龍華茶樓建於1963年，位於紅街市大樓旁，在紅街市的北側，可以看到一座三層高的黃色建築，第三層南面牆上鑲着「龍華茶樓」四個金屬大字。澳門文化局於2005年7月開始對龍華茶樓進行修繕，以協助保存及活化該歷史建築，延續其原有功能。
龍華茶樓的佈局頗具香港特色，保留了1960年代港式茶館的特色。該店也一直堅持傳統風格──傳統服務的手法、傳統手藝製作的美食、各地運來的精製茶葉，因此吸引了大量的客人。店內雖然沒有冷氣，但掛滿字畫與老闆的攝影作品。
傳統茶館一直是人們可以在這里呆半天甚至更久的“休閒場所”， 這是許多喜歡聚會的澳門人日常生活的一部分，而茶館則是為他們提供地點場所的理想選擇，簡單的一壺茶，幾籠點心，與家人和朋友聚在一起，談論家庭友誼。
過去，龍華茶樓不僅是茶樓，還舉辦過很多不同的活動。 例如，人們過去喜歡養鳥， 他們把各自的鳥帶到茶館互相欣賞，令龍華茶樓每天都充滿著鳥聲。幾部電影都在龍華茶樓取景拍攝之后，茶樓的食品價格都有所上漲，卻也吸引了更多遊客參觀茶館，令龍華茶樓成為一個旅遊勝地，但這也破壞了其原本給老街坊提供一個舒適休閒的聚腳地方的作用。
“Butterfly Method” Analysis：
The butterfly method for Long Va Tea House showed the past of memory and history was not too strong, it is because of the limited information available about the past of the tea house. Furthermore, the score regarding the present is higher because Long Va Tea House is the only traditional tea house in Macao that allows people to visit and have meals. Moreover, it provides a leisure place to the public and also keeps the old style of tea house, for instance, the customers take “dim sum” by themselves. Regarding the future, the score is the highest because the memories will continue through traditions and cultural practices of the tea house and these memories are the happiness of the past generation’s neighborhoods.
蝴蝶圖顯示了龍華茶樓過去的記憶和歷史並不突出，這是因為有關茶館過去的資訊有限。 此外，由於龍華茶館是澳門唯一允許人們參觀和用餐的傳統茶館，因此針對現狀的分數較高。 此外，它為公眾提供了一個休閒場所，並保留了茶館的舊風格，例如，顧客自己拿“點心”。 關於未來的思考，分數是最高的，因為這些記憶將通過茶館的傳統和文化實踐得以延續，而這些記憶是上一代社區幸福的體現。
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