Three Lanes And Seven Alley Analysis

Located in the downtown area of the city, Fuzhou, Fujian Province, the Three Lanes and Seven Alleys, “Sanfang-Qixiang” in Chinese, is a street district with a cluster of local architectural complex of the Ming and Qing Dynasty. It is the largest well-preserved historical heritage site in China where covers an area of 40 hectares with 268 ancient houses. In this essay, the author will firstly provide subjective impression and knowledge of the “Three Lanes and Seven Alleys” according to own observations as well as objective data and sources to state some basic information and create an image of the topic. Second, the author will explore the understanding of the value of the “3-7”1 in historical and cultural perspectives, and try to propose ideas
It is said the layout of the lanes and alleys was formed even earlier back in Tang and Song dynasties almost 1000 years ago. The houses was built with ancient huge-bricks and decorated with seashells, they are easier to got the material from sea because of Fuzhou coastal location. There are some former residences of the famous people in China. For example Lin Zexu, the national hero and famous politician in the Qing Dynasty. He is the first man who advocated Chinese to learn advanced technology from Western countries. And his house in the “3-7” is always a hot spot, you can see a long queue at the gates of his house as well as his museum every
2, the intangible value
1) Urban Spirit staging - Fuzhou historical and cultural enrichment, concentrated on behalf of Fuzhou, Fuzhou patriotic and loyalty, open and compatible, open and progressive, Chongwen and re-teach the city humanistic spirit.
2) Famous People Aviva memorial - Tang and Song Dynasties, "lanes" has lived hundreds of dignitaries, celebrities and scholars. Especially in the late Qing Dynasty, and a number to Lin Tse-hsu, Yan Fu, Lin Chueh people represented celebrities from the fields of politics, culture, military, industrial, etc. to promote the modernization of China has played an important impact
3) Traditional Cultural Exhibition ground - "lanes" in religion, folklore, arts, crafts and commercial also very distinct characteristics, is the aggregate of Fuzhou local culture.
4) historic city flags - "lanes". Since the Tang Dynasty is an important part of ancient history and culture of Fuzhou axis, with three lanes as the main carrier, together with “Zhuzi Fang” District, and historical relics and information areas along the “Yu” mountain and “Wu” mountain, namely "two mountains, two district, two towers." These areas constitute the existing historical information stored in Fuzhou richest region, is at the heart of the historical city of