澳门大三巴牌坊所反映的基督教、儒学和佛教的精神内涵

Abstract

The 17th century Portuguese church of St. Paul’s in Macao has long been destroyed except for its façade. Once, it was part of a large complex that comprised a college which has been displaced by urban development. Th e preserved and recently renovated ruins of St. Paul’s façade however have been added to the list of the UNESCO world heritage sites.T h e façade’s exposed location above Macao’s old city centre made it an ideal canvas for the encounter of Asian and Western spiritualities, for an encounter of trade, cultures, and people and for an encounter of Macao’s colonial past with Macao’s present status as favoured special trading area of China. It is in this façade where Christian, Confucian and Buddhist spiritualities interact and where they have left a monument that illustrates an harmonious and mutual enrichment amongthese cultures.澳门的17世纪葡萄牙圣保禄大教堂，除正墙（下称“大三巴牌坊”）之外早就毁坏。这曾是一座大型综合建筑的一部分，该综合建筑包含一所学院，后来为城市发展所取代。尽管如此，得以幸存且近来又加以整修的大三巴牌坊遗迹已被列入联合国教科文组织世界遗产名录。大三巴牌坊在澳门老城中心高地上的敞开所在使其成为亚洲和西方灵修交流、贸易文化人际交往、澳门的殖民地历史与其有幸成为中国特别贸易区的现状之间交相辉映的理想背景。在这里，基督教、儒家、佛教的灵修互动，留下了一块表明这些文化之间和谐互补的丰碑