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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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.
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.
Yantaishan: A Fuzhou Hillside with Many Lives
Stone churches, consular history and reused homes reveal how Fuzhou’s Yantaishan changed from a treaty-port neighbourhood into a contemporary city quarter.
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.
Lin Juemin and Bingxin: Two Lives in One Fuzhou House
A revolutionary’s farewell and a writer’s childhood meet in one Sanfang Qixiang residence, whose survival is a story of its own.
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.