Inside Sanfang Qixiang: How a Fuzhou House Meets the Lane
Follow the walls, doors and courtyards of Fuzhou’s Three Lanes and Seven Alleys to understand a neighbourhood built around layered domestic space.
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Fuzhou opens in several directions at once. Sanfang Qixiang leads inward through lanes and household courtyards; Shangxiahang turns toward trade on the Min River; Yantaishan and Mawei record different encounters with the wider world. In a cup of jasmine tea or a bowl of springy fish balls, skilled transformations give the city another, more intimate scale.
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Shangxiahang: Fuzhou’s River Trade Behind the Guild Hall Door
Porcelain, merchant associations and a house rebuilt above itself reveal the commercial world behind Fuzhou’s Shangxiahang streets.
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Mawei Shipbuilding: Why a Shipyard Needed a School
At Fuzhou’s Mawei shipyard, learning French, English and mathematics was part of learning to build and navigate a modern ship.
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Fuzhou Jasmine Tea: The Night Shift Behind the Fragrance
Fresh flowers and prepared tea meet in Fuzhou’s scenting craft, where opening buds, heat and careful separation shape the finished cup.
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Fuzhou Food: The Craft of Fish Balls, Rouyan and Wok-Edge Soup
Springy fish paste, pork made into a wrapper and rice cooked on a wok wall reveal three ingenious textures in Fuzhou’s everyday food.
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Sanfang Qixiang
Fuzhou’s Three Lanes and Seven Alleys preserve a street pattern whose houses hold stories of family, literature and upheaval.
Shangxiahang
Guild halls and river-facing streets trace the commercial life of Fuzhou’s old trading district.
Yantaishan
A hillside in Fuzhou’s Cangshan District where port history survives in stone churches, old houses and changing streets.
Mawei Shipbuilding Heritage
Shipyard remains and the story of the Fujian naval school connect engineering, languages and modern education.
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An open courtyard inside Yan Fu’s former residence in Sanfang Qixiang.福州名城保护开发有限公司；走进福州古厝专题（与福州晚报合作） · Rights status unspecified Photo source ↗ Original aspect ratio retained. Display copies resized only when needed; no enlargement, crop or retouching.
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Yongde Guild Hall in Shangxiahang combines a columned entrance with an upper timber hall and upturned roof.福州名城保护开发有限公司；走进福州古厝专题（与福州晚报合作） · Rights status unspecified Photo source ↗ Original aspect ratio retained. Display copies resized only when needed; no enlargement, crop or retouching.
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An aerial view of the No. 1 Dock at Mawei’s Ship Administration heritage site.中国船政文化景区 · Rights status unspecified Photo source ↗ Original aspect ratio retained. Display copies resized only when needed; no enlargement, crop or retouching.
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Tea leaves spread across bamboo trays in a Fuzhou jasmine-tea feature.福建省农业农村厅（图片） / 中国农业品牌公共服务平台（文章来源） · Rights status unspecified Photo source ↗ Original aspect ratio retained. Display copies resized only when needed; no enlargement, crop or retouching.
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A spoonful of Fuzhou rouyan above a bowl of broth.福建省商务厅 / 服务业发展处 · Rights status unspecified Photo source ↗ Original aspect ratio retained. Display copies resized only when needed; no enlargement, crop or retouching.
