Quanzhou East Street, Fujian Province

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East Street is a street located in Licheng District, Quanzhou City, Fujian Province. It was named "the first street of Bamin" by Fujian Provincial People's Government

Historical heritage

According to the records of Quanzhou City, when Kaiyuan of Tang Dynasty (718-740) built the city, he opened the city and opened up roads, with north-south streets. During the reign of Dahe (827-835), Dongxi street was added. During the Five Dynasties (907-960), the streets and alleys of Quanzhou City became a network. In the song and Yuan Dynasties, new and Tumen streets were added to the city.

During the Five Dynasties, Baoda city in the Southern Tang Dynasty was expanded. The East Street extended eastward to Renfeng bridge. It was widened in the early Republic of China (1920s). When the new urban area was built in the 1980s, the East Street was connected with the road in the new urban area via Wenling Road.

In other words, Quanzhou East Street was formed before and after the founding of the Tang Dynasty old city of Quanzhou, with a history of about 1200 years. "It has long been the political center, traffic thoroughfare and historical and Cultural District of Quanzhou." This is the comment on "a visit to ancient Quanzhou East Street" in a collection of ancient Quanzhou neighborhoods.

Cultural value

Quanzhou East Street was the political center, traffic artery and historical and Cultural District of Quanzhou 100 years ago. During the period of the Republic of China, it was once renamed Zhonghua East Road. The total length of the street is 986 meters. It was originally an earthen road surface. In 1996, it was expanded and reconstructed, and the road surface was widened by 24 meters. The new facades on both sides of the avenue are arcade houses with rich architectural style and characteristics of the hometown of overseas Chinese in Southern Fujian.

Quanzhou East Street was rebuilt in the late 1990s. Designers will Quanzhou unique stone, red brick use as the main material. And the use of a large number of local stone carving technology, so that Quanzhou East Street re radiated Minnan color.

scenic spot

Since the Song Dynasty, there have been forty or fifty stone archways in Dongjie, one after the other, which were built by feudal dynasties to honor loyalty, filial piety, righteousness and longevity.

"At the beginning of the founding of new China, the number of memorial archways preserved in Quanzhou City was the largest in the East Street," Yang Qingjiang said. Of course, the number of memorial archways at the foot of Shaolin Temple in Quanzhou was more than that in the East Street, but they were outside the Eastern suburb at that time, not inside the city.

According to the research, before the founding of new China, the number of memorial archways in the East Street was the largest in the ancient city, not only one in the middle of the main road, but also in each lane. At the beginning of the founding of new China, there was a famous "Baozhong Mingfeng square" in Zhiren Fengmen of Dongjie street, which was established by Zhou Tianzuo, the head of the household department in the Ming Dynasty. Soon after the founding of new China, these memorial archways were abandoned.

In addition, there are many former residences of celebrities in the East Street, such as general Lu Zhan's residence, imperial censor Yang Zhu's residence and minister he Qiaoyuan's residence. The legendary celebrity Cai Liu lives in East Street. Today, Quanzhou East Street has been named as "the first street in Fujian" by Fujian Provincial People's government.

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