Historical stories or legends of Quanzhou (including dialogues between characters)

Red bricks are rare in other parts of Fujian. As for the reason, we have to start with the story of "smelly queen". According to legend, Huang is a native of Huangtian (now Zhangbanhou Village) in Hui 'an County. She is the niece of Huang, assistant minister of the Ministry of Industry. She was lucky enough to be elected to the palace by the king of Fujian, and was later made a princess because of her talent and appearance. When Huang was a child, she had a boil on her head like an oyster shell, so later generations nicknamed her "smelly-headed queen" (rural people called the spouse of the prince "queen"). But it is this "smelly queen" who still cares about the sufferings of the people in her hometown even after becoming a princess. One spring, it rained cats and dogs for several days in Fuzhou. Empress Huang is very anxious in the palace, because at this time of year, it is also the rainy season in southern Fujian, not far from Fuzhou. She knows that her hometown people live in a small house by the sea. When they encounter heavy rain and strong winds, it is often the thatched cottage that collapses, which is terrible, so they are very sad. King Min looked in his eyes and asked why. Huang Huang told the truth. After thinking for a while, Min Wang said, "Effie, this matter is easy to handle. How about I give you a palace-style house? " Hearing this, Huang Huang's eyes lit up, and she immediately knelt down to thank her. He said to the eunuch who sent the decree, "Your Majesty has given me a palace. Please pass on the imperial edict quickly. " . When Min Wang said "your home", he only meant the home of Huang Huang. At this time, she said that "my home" was deliberately vague, which made the eunuch mistakenly think that it meant the whole Quanzhou government, for the benefit of her hometown. So the whole Quanzhou government, especially the dignitaries, gentry, wealthy businessmen, overseas Chinese and even ordinary families, followed Wang Fu's example in building houses.