Communication history of ancient buildings in southern Fujian

In Minnan dialect, "CuO" is a house, and red brick CuO is a house made of red bricks, which is also the most representative traditional building in southern Fujian. Today, hundreds of red brick buildings in southern Fujian have opened the door full of warm and alienated memories for us. It embodies the tenacious, cheerful, calm and open-minded character of Minnan people. Minnan people's good wishes for life have also brewed colorful architectural expressions of red brick buildings, forming a profound and unique red brick culture. Many Minnan people have gone overseas to do business and left their homes, but no matter how far they wander, they will build a red brick pavilion after returning home and make every effort to build a proper ceremony. "CuO" is the core spirit of Minnan humanities. A red brick house has been handed down by this family for generations. In architectural design, exaggerated and dignified gold is chosen to express reverence and awe for ancestors, in order to pin the simple hope of prosperous family business and national prosperity. This mysterious color expression is also the spirit of red brick culture. Only family men have the right to participate in the worship ceremony, which is of heavy and grand significance under the golden color.

In the typical rural life mode of China feudal society, there must be three elements: family, education and sacrifice. And 100 years ago, Minnan people had completed such a rigorous and exquisite layout conception on the construction of a family system, skillfully combined the trinity life mode of residence, tutor system and ancestral temple, and thought about how to reproduce the family and live in harmony with far-reaching wisdom. This is adhering to the gentle and introspective character of Minnan people, condensing the soul of every family member in the red brick house and inheriting the glory about home. Under its solid masonry structure, the interior of the red brick is exquisite and deep, and the column and beam are carved and painted with gold, and the process is complicated. Today, they are still the only living beings. We can easily see how shocking yesterday's big mistake was.

At the beginning of the last century, when the traffic was underdeveloped, Ding Yueyang, a man of Minnan family, returned to the well, and women and children became the protagonists of the red brick life at that time. As a sign of constellation and spiritual strength, the red brick house has become more and more important for a long time. The red bricks in southern Fujian miraculously retain the bright colors in the actual circulation. Minnan people are full of inexhaustible enthusiasm for life. Minnan people regard red as respect, greatness, happiness and auspiciousness. Red is also the main theme of life flowing in red brick houses. Minnan people have a strong and kind nature, and they work tirelessly for a bumper harvest. They end the year with a grand reunion, enthusiastically presenting the pride and elegance that a family and its members deserve.

If we say that man is the soul of home, home is the spiritual refuge of man. Red Brick CuO walked through the warehouse like a calm and open-minded wise man, inheriting the will and strength of reunion and harmony, and strengthening the strong sense of belonging of Minnan people who have experienced drift from place to place to their hometown. After years of baptism, with the endless development of Minnan humanities.