What are the architectural features of the three lanes and seven alleys?

Three-lane and Seven-lane houses follow the tradition of building walls by sections in the late Tang Dynasty, and basically all of them have walls made of high bricks, back bricks or earth. With the ups and downs of the wooden frame, the wall is streamlined, and the upturned angle extends out of the house, which looks like a saddle, commonly known as the saddle wall. The wall is only used as the periphery, and the bearing function lies entirely in the column.

In buildings in the south of the Yangtze River, most of them are stepped gables formed by straight lines with 9-degree angles, which is rare in Fuzhou. The saddle walls of houses with three squares and seven lanes are curved ones. Generally, it is symmetrical on both sides, and there are clay sculptures on the walls and corners, which forms the unique wall style of Fuzhou ancient houses.

in terms of architectural decoration, the most distinctive features of the three lanes and seven alleys are probably the carvings on the door and window sashes. The beams and columns of ordinary residents are simple and unadorned, but they are painstakingly carved on the doors and windows. The exquisiteness of the window lattice and the beauty of the inlaid wood carvings are hard to reach in other areas.

Some of the window decorations have mortise-and-tenon patterns, some are pure wood-carving window sashes, and some of them are used alternately, which is a master of Jiangnan art.. In the mortise-and-tenon leaky window, craftsmen have carefully arranged different decorative effects, which are divided into linear, curved and mixed types. Linear tenon-type flower leakage is dense, curved type is dynamic, and mixed type is varied, and each has its own auspicious meaning.

In wood-carving window sashes, there are both through carvings and reliefs, and the themes are birds and animals, as well as figures and flowers. The window sashes are carved symmetrically and asymmetrically. For example, in the ancient house of Ming Dynasty in Wenru Square, you Hengsheng, a more complicated vase pattern was carved on the door and window partition of the second wing, and the vase symbolizes the safety of living.

on the polyester ring board, there are bas-relief flowers. These exquisite flower window carvings fully show the superb skills of Fujian folk craftsmen.

there are two kinds of treatment methods for building doors with three lanes and seven lanes. One is a rectangular master gate in the middle of the front yard wall, which is composed of stone frames and is on the same plane as the wall; The other is that saddle walls on both sides sandwich the roof to form a larger building, such as the gatehouse adopted in Shen Baozhen.

most of the three lanes and seven lanes on both sides of the street maintain the style of secluded lanes and deep houses, and become the golden areas in people's minds, attracting people to stop and stay every day.