Review of Putian Erwukan

The "Oriental Twenty-five Kans" in Putian Hanjiang River is an example of the economic and trade prosperity of Hanjiang River in 1930s. Classic commercial buildings, thick and solid red brick exterior walls, neat and beautiful western-style arches, long and transparent Chinese corridors.

Dongfang Erwukan was built in the 1920s. Chen, who made his fortune by operating bean cakes, first built a row of three-story commercial and residential complex buildings on the south bank of Gongkou River. In order to expand the wholesale of goods to Shanghai and other places, the Chen brothers jointly built twenty-five Oriental shops downstairs. It completely changed the style and structure of traditional houses, and was built by water according to the characteristics of commercial operation. There was a trench in the south, a dock in the east, and a Qian Lin ditch leading to the south and Beiyang in front of the board house. Its architecture has changed the traditional closed house model where people live together. The 25-story two-story board house is neatly extended with brick-wood structure, and the red brick column is different from the European Roman column to support the arch hole and arcade, forming a neat round arch. This bold European residential building is reflected in the water, revealing the wisdom and vision of Puxian people. This is how Venice of the East was born.

In fact, every cultural relic is a witness of history, and Erwukan is the only commercial building that embodies the prosperous scene of the Han River in the 1930s and 1940s, witnessing the history of the "little shanghai" of the Han River. Repairing column 25 is not only the aspiration of Hanjiang people, but also the aspiration of Putian people.