Sanfang Qixiang

Sanfang Qixiang (Chinese: 三坊七巷; pinyin: sān fāng qī xiàng; Foochow Romanized: Săng-huŏng-chék-háe̤ng), literally Three Lanes and Seven Alleys, is a historic and cultural area in the city of Fuzhou. Its name is derived from the three lanes of Yijin (衣锦), Wenru (文儒), and Guanglu (光禄) and the seven alleys of Yangqiao (杨桥), Langguan (郎官), Ta (塔), Huang (黄), Anmin (安民), Gong (宫), Jipi (吉庇). Covering a total area of 38 hectares, it is celebrated as an architectural museum of Ming and Qing Dynasty buildings, including numerous National Designated Monuments like the historic residences of Yan Fu, Lin Congyi, Bing Xin and Lin Juemin. Because of its more than 400 rich, famous and powerful residents, this port city was known as 'Beverly Hills' of imperial China.[1] Thanks to its fame as a living fossil of traditional Chinese urban wards of Li (里) and Fang (坊) that date back to as early as Tang Dynasty, it was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List in 2013,[2] and later designated a National Historic and Cultural Street by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and State Administration of Cultural Heritage in 2015.[3] Owing to the extraordinary efforts to protect the historic fabrics from Sanfang Qixiang Administration,[4] it was awarded 2015 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards as Honourable Mention.[5]

Sanfang Qixiang

References
  1. CNN, "Fuzhou's Sanfang Qixiang: The 'Beverly Hills' of imperial China", 1 November 2017.
  2. UNESCO World Heritage Center, "SanFangQiXiang", Retrieved on 10 October 2015
  3. Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, "住房城乡建设部　国家文物局于公布第一批中国历史文化街区的通知", 3 April 2015. Retrieved on 3 April 2015.
  4. Sanfang Qixiang Administration, "三坊七巷管理委员会", Retrieved on 10 October 2015
  5. UNESCO Bangkok. "2015 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards Winners Announced", 1 September 2015. Retrieved on 1 September 2015.


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