Fuzhou is a famous city with a history of more than 2200 years. In the 13thyear of Kaiyuan of Tang Dynasty (725), Fuzhou was established as the capital ofFuzhou. In 908, the second year of Liang Kaiping in the Five Dynasties, WangShenzhi, the king of Fujian, expanded the city and enclosed the beautifulWushan, Yushan and Pingshan into the city. Since then, Fuzhou has become aunique city with "mountains in the city and cities in the mountains". "Threemountains" became the alias of Fuzhou.
Located in the lower reaches of Minjiang River in the east of FujianProvince, Fuzhou is the political, economic and cultural center of FujianProvince. The total area of the city is 11968 square kilometers, including 1043square kilometers of urban area; the total population is more than 4.8 million,including 1.16 million urban population. "Because there are Fushan mountains inthe north of Fuzhou", it is named Fuzhou. Because banyan trees were planted morethan 900 years ago, "the city is full of green and shade, but not covered insummer", it is also known as "banyan city". At present, it has jurisdiction overfive districts of Gulou, Taijiang, Cangshan, Mawei and Jin'an, and two citiesand six counties of Fuqing, Minhou, Luoyuan, Lianjiang, Changle, Pingtan,Minqing and Yongtai. The residents are mainly Han nationality, and there aremore than 20 ethnic minorities, such as she, man, Miao and Hui. Fuzhou is a warmand humid subtropical monsoon climate with pleasant climate and evergreen trees.The annual average temperature is 19.6 ℃, the average temperature in the coldestJanuary is 10.5 ℃, the average temperature in the hottest July is 28.6 ℃, andthe average annual precipitation is 1342.5mm. The best tourism season is fromApril to November every year. There is a famous hot spring in the city.
Members, today I'm going to talk about three lanes and seven alleys, theancient architectural treasures of Ming and Qing Dynasties in Fuzhou.
Sanfangqixiang is located in the center of the city. It is adjacent tobay17 North Road in the East, Tonghu road in the west, Yangqiao road in thenorth, Jibi lane and Guanglu square in the south. It covers an area of about 40hectares and has 3678 households with a population of more than 14000. Threelanes and seven alleys are the abbreviation of ten alleys arranged from north toSouth on both sides of nanhou street. Three lanes are Yijin lane, Wenru lane andGuanglu lane; seven lanes are Yangqiao lane, Langguan lane, Ta lane, Huang Lane,Anmin lane, Gong lane and Jibi lane. Due to the reconstruction of Jibi lane,Yangqiao lane and Guanglu lane into roads, only two lanes and five lanes arepreserved. Even so, in this residential area with a long history, there arestill rich cultural relics and historic sites, including a number of formerresidences of celebrities and buildings of Ming and Qing Dynasties. In thisresidential area, there are many lanes, stone slabs, white walls and greentiles, strict structure, exquisite houses and ingenious craftsmanship, whichembody the characteristics of Minyue ancient city. It is a gathering place ofMinjiang culture, and is regarded as a large-scale museum of Ming and Qingancient architecture by the architectural circles.
"Three lanes and Seven Alleys" is the main symbol of Fuzhou, a famoushistorical and cultural city of China. It is known as the Museum of ancientarchitecture of Ming and Qing Dynasties. Chen Yan, a modern poet, said: "whoknows that the five willows are solitary pines, but they live in three lanes andseven alleys." This is about the origin of "three lanes and Seven Alleys".
The folk customs of the three lanes and seven alleys are also therepresentative of the folk customs in Fuzhou. Many festival activities are oftencentered on the three lanes and seven alleys, including folk beliefs, festivalactivities at the age of, folk customs in buildings, etc.
"Moonlight shines on the pond; riding a bamboo horse across the pond; it'shard to cross the depth of the pond. Wait for my sister to take a boat to meetLang. Ask long Lang, short Lang and when will Lang return? " This is a folk songwritten by Chang Gung, an observer of the Tang Dynasty. It has brought manychildhood memories to generations of people living in three lanes and sevenalleys. Until now, especially the older generation is still excited to hear thiscatchy folk song.
Three lanes and seven lanes are famous for its nearly 300 ancientresidential buildings in Ming and Qing Dynasties. The ancient streets, completelanes, ancient rivers, ancient bridges and ancient banyan trees have formed asimple and distinctive traditional style, which has aroused the wide interest ofmany experts in cultural relics and Archaeology at home and abroad, and hasbecome a must for tourists to come to Fuzhou. It can be said that it is "rare inthe whole country, only in Jiangnan". The three lanes and seven alleys ofoverseas Chinese in Fuzhou are their haunted and unforgettable hometown.
