福州三坊七巷六分钟导游词

　　Traditionally, we all talk about three lanes first and then seven lanes. Infact, from the perspective of building location, there should be seven lanesfirst and then three lanes. The ancestors of the Tang Dynasty first built agroup of neatly arranged "new villages" along the axis of the city south street.After that, a group of lanes will be built to form a "non" shaped block with theSouth back street as the central axis. After thousands of years of wind and rainchanges, most of the lanes were named in Song Dynasty, and today's architecturalpattern was formed in Ming and Qing Dynasties, which became the landmark ofFuzhou's historical and cultural city.

　　From the treatment of architectural space, the main hall of three lanes andseven alleys on the central axis is obviously higher, larger and wider than thatin the north, forming a lively and changeable spatial pattern with othercorridors and pavilions. The hall is generally open and integrated with thepatio. In particular, in order to make the hall appear tall, spacious and open,efforts are generally made to deal with the porch and porch. The purlinsupporting the eaves, or a purlin supporting the eaves, is specially made ofthick and long high-quality hardwood, and the method of reducing columns is usedto make the front of the hall free of any obstacles, which is rarely seen innorthern architecture and other southern architecture. For example, the sedanHall of Lin Congyi's former residence in Gongxiang and the stage of theancestral temple are treated in this way. This is one of the important featuresof Fuzhou ancient architecture.

　　The three lanes and seven alleys are not only unique in layout andstructure, but also unique in wall, carving and facade.