Showing posts with label Portas do Cerco. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Portas do Cerco. Show all posts

Saturday, November 9, 2024

The Dragon from Russia - Sam Hui (1990) - Portas do Cerco, Macau

I first thought this might be a replica of the border gate, but it looks as though it's the real thing. This is where Yao and May try to make a break for it after being chased by the police from the hotel. I haven't been through this border post since 1996 when it looked fairly similar to how you see. These days it's quite hard to believe how busy the border gets and the requisite infratstructure that had to be built to handle the Macau<>Zhuhai-bound foot traffic is immense. See here. I did a post a while back with some old photos from 1996.

Friday, February 4, 2022

The Last Time I Saw Macao - João Rui Guerra da Mata (2012) - Portas do Cerco, Macau

The Portas do Cerco, or "Barrier Gate" marks the former entry point between Portuguese Macau and Mainland China. These days the border area is located in a large purpose-built modern structure that looks more like an airport terminal building - you can see it in the background of the two screencaps. The film treats us to a much older image of the barrier gate at the time of da Mata's childhood for comparison. 



For a bit of a bonus though I recently found some old photos of the border area from my own trip in December 1996. Sadly, I neglected to take any pictures of the Macau-side of things but took some facing back towards Macau from across the border in Zhuhai. In 1996, the crossing was stll fairly rudimentary and consisted of a long open-sided passage way with a corrugated iron roof.