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Min Lane
Located in the south of Yellow Alley, Anmin Alley is opposite to the Wenru Lane. An old dwelling in the west of the street still retains its first former symmetry pattern and unsophisticated style. It is a protected revolutionary unit of cultural relics as it was an office of the New Fourth Army during the Anti-Japanese War. Ticket:Free View Detail
Temple Lane
Gong Alley is in the south of Anmin Alley. Houses of rich and powerful family in Gong Alley is amazing epitomize of Fuzhou ancient architecture with ingenious structure and various carvings. Almost every detail of the house is elaborately carved with vivid images and beautiful patterns on wood or stones both in windows, doors, pillars, and even on steps and vase bases. Ticket:Free View Detail
Yellow Roadway
Yellow Alley is in the south of Ta Alley, connecting with Yijin Lane across the South Backstreet in both east and west directions. Yellow Alley got its name from the family name of a Huang (yellow) family in Jin Dynasty in 308. It is also a locality for intellectuals and celebrities of past dynasties. Today, former residences of Liang Zhangju (a couplets master) and Chen Shouqi (a scholar) in Qing Dynasty, and a "little yellow house" can be visited. Ticket:Free View Detail
Langguan Lane
Langguan Alley is in the south of Yangqiao Alley, east of South Backsteet; it is an alley built in Song Dynasty. A former residence of Yan Fu, a great modern thinker and translator, is located in the Alley. And there is a featured memorial archway in the west entrance of the alley. Ticket:Free View Detail
Tower Lane
It is in the south of Langguan Alley. Named as Tower Alley for a tower and a connected tower courtyard were once built in the street in Song Dynasty. The tower was destroyed in Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279) but a small tower was built in Qing Dynasty to be a memorial one can be seen today.Ticket:Free View Detail
Ru-Fang Wen
Famous for a lot of scholars of past dynasties lived in the lane, Wenru Lane once inhabited by Zhangjing, a great general in Ming Dynasty, Gan Baoguo, a great general as well as the provincial commander-in-chief of Fujian Province, Chen Chengxi and Chen Baochen, they are father and son, both famous scholars in Qing Dynasty, and Chen Yan, a great poet of Qing Dynasty.Ticket:Free View Detail
Guanglu Square
Guanglu Lane also gave birth to many great names in history, including the modern translator Lin Shu and modern writer Yu Dafu. The highlight in the lane is a Guanglu Terrace, one of the first protected sites of Fuzhou City in 1961, which is also a perfect integration of pond, terrace, pavilion, stones, trees and flowers with historical inscriptions. Besides, a timber-structure Liu Courtyard of Qing Dynasty, a former residence of Huangren, and a pavilion-bridge paved in Ming Dynasty are all the ... View Detail
Qigong Ci
The Qi Jiguang Ancestral Temple is located east of White Tower Temple on Yu Mountain in Fuzhou of Fujian province. It was built in commemoration of Qi Jiguang, the famous general who resisted the Japanese invasion. Qi Jiguang (1528-1587) was a classic militarist of Ming Dynasty. He had led armies to fight against the Japanese in Jiaqing 41 year (Year 1562).He defeated the Japanese army at Heng Island, Niutian and Putian and gave the Japanese a very heavy setback. When Qi Jiguang returned after ... View Detail
South Back Street
South Backstreet starts from Yangqiao Alley in the west and end in the south with Jibi Alley with a length of 1000 meters. It is the central shaft of Three Lanes and Seven Alleys, with the tree lanes in the west and seven alleys in the east. It is the main business street in the past dynasties in the area with shops of all walks of life from the daily necessaries of rice, salt to cultural products of books, mounting works, festive lanterns and the like. Today, some old and famous shops which ... View Detail