骑楼民居建筑在广州老城区十分常见。它与我国传统民居建筑不同,是在20世纪初期才大量出现于广州的。本文对它的来源和演变历史作了初步探寻,沿着其关键建筑特色元素“柱”的脉络,发现它是仿照了殖民地时期的香港、澳门建筑,并来源于海运贸易较发达的欧洲南部地中海附近国家。而这些国家骑楼之前身,则为方便市场贸易的柱廊公共建筑。这种柱式建筑来源于欧洲的教堂,但更早之源却是公元前数百年的古埃及神庙。 Arcade residential buildings in the old city of Guangzhou is very common. It is different from the traditional architecture of our country and it was only appeared in Guangzhou in the early 20th century. This article makes a preliminary exploration of its source and evolution history. Along the vein of its key architectural characteristic elements, it is found that it is modeled after the colonial period of Hong Kong and Macao buildings and originated from Europe with more developed maritime trade Southern Mediterranean countries. These countries before the arcades, then the colonnade public buildings for the convenience of the market trade. The pillars come from European churches, but the earliest sources were ancient Egyptian temples dating back to hundreds of BC.