The History and Allusions of Licheng Old Street in Quanzhou

Tumen Street is located in the middle section of Zhongshan Road, starting from Xinmen Street in the west and ending at Wenling Road in the east. It is a bustling business district integrating shopping, religion and catering. Tumen Street is most notable for Jing Qing Temple, a national key cultural relic protection unit, and Tonghuai Guan Yue Temple, a famous temple in the urban area. It is also the only shopping street in Fujian Province.

3. Tin Street

It is a very prosperous street in Quanzhou, with a total length of 380 meters, starting from Jiuyi Road in the east and Zhongshan Road in the west. At the beginning of the 20th century, it was just an alley in the ancient city, because it once concentrated many workshops and shops specializing in making and selling tin wares in the city, so it was called Tin Lane.

4. Xinmen Street

In the Southern Tang Dynasty, when Bao Dazhong "King Jinjiang" stayed in Luocheng from primary school, he added Linzhangmen, which was called "Xinmen" by the people, and went east from Xinmen to Zhongshan Road, so it was called Xinmen Street. It is a main east-west street in downtown area south of east-west street.

5. East Street

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Dongjie was the political center, traffic artery and historical and cultural block of Quanzhou 0/00 years ago, and was renamed Zhonghua East Road in the Republic of China. The street is 986 meters long, and the newly built facades on both sides of the avenue are arcade-style houses with rich architectural style and the characteristics of the hometown of overseas Chinese in southern Fujian.

6. Zhuangyuan Street

Zhuangyuan Street is located in the back street of Dongjie Street in Licheng District. It is a pedestrian street, starting from Zhongshan Road in the west and ending at Nan Jun Road in the east, with a total length of 483 meters. There is a memorial archway with Quanzhou characteristics, and there are important cultural relics such as Yuanming Temple and Innocent Source Well in the street. The reconstructed Zhuangyuan Street retains the architectural features of Quanzhou traditional houses. Through the contrast of red bricks and white tiles and unique and diverse architectural sketches, a space environment of ancient streets with strong cultural color is constructed.