Introduction to South Back Street

Firewood, rice, oil, salt, and thirty-six stores (from all walks of life) needed for daily life are all available here. It was the central urban area of ??the old Fuzhou City in the past. There are also book engraving workshops, second-hand book stalls, and framed paper shops dedicated to serving cultural people, as well as lantern markets during the Lantern Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival. "Outside the Liulichang of Zhengyangmen, there is the south and back street in front of Yijinfang. Guests take a break to go to the book market, but they are not happy enough to see many things." In the poem of Wang Guorui, a Juren in the late Qing Dynasty, the South Back Street was compared to the Liulichang outside Zhengyangmen in Beijing. Factory, reflecting the former cultural features of South Back Street. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Nanhou Street was still a lively market with "white walls and black tiles and stone pavements" lined with pavements on both sides. During the Republic of China, the road surface was widened and converted into asphalt roads. Now it has been changed to a stone road.

South Back Street is the central axis of the Three Lanes and Seven Alleys. After renovation, the South Back Street will be full of antique charm. The width of the road will reach 12 meters, including a 7-meter wide pedestrian street in the middle and 2 meters wide on both sides. ~2.5 meters of roadside strip. The total length of South Back Street, which starts from Yangqiao Road and ends at Jipi Road, is only 634 meters. It is positioned as a leisure, cultural and commercial street that combines tradition and modernity.

Historically, Nanhou Street once gathered many traditional craft industries in Fuzhou, such as lanterns, paper-making, and bookshops. Nanhou Street is positioned as a traditional cultural and commercial street. According to the current operating conditions of time-honored brands, some of them are selected to be restored, such as the "Mijia Chuan" casing shop, "Juchentang" bookstore, lanterns and other century-old brands. The traditional lantern market loved by the citizens has also begun. It is planned to be held regularly every year. In addition, relevant departments also intend to invite Fuzhou traditional arts and crafts masters such as Shoushan stone carvings, bodiless lacquerware, cork paintings, etc. to set up arts and crafts master exhibition stores in South Back Street to increase the traditional business atmosphere.

In the planning of commercial business formats in South Back Street, "new faces" such as bar coffee and top luxury goods have appeared. The emergence of these new faces will inject modern elements into the traditional South Back Street.

The protective restoration project along Nanhou Street was fully completed in January 2009. The street was opened during the Spring Festival of 2009, recreating its historical appearance of "Liulichang outside Zhengyangmen, Nanhou Street in front of Yijinfang" . It is said that the lanterns on Nanhou Street began in the Song Dynasty and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Lanterns have the functions of viewing, praying for good luck and adding joy. They are loved by people and have been passed down for thousands of years. As early as the Song Dynasty, Fuzhou's lanterns were very famous. According to "Old Wulin Stories" of the Song Dynasty, the lanterns inlaid with pure white jade in Fuzhou were "dazzling and dazzling, like clear ice jade pots, refreshing the mind." They were listed among the lanterns exhibited in Beijing. For top grade. At that time, lanterns were made all over the country, Suzhou and Fuzhou were the best, and Fuzhou was even better than Suzhou. This shows the high level of lamp-making technology in Fuzhou.

The original Lantern Festival lanterns were just a folk lantern show held by the government to express "having fun with the people." Wang Yingshan, a Wanli scholar in the Ming Dynasty, recorded in "Fujian Daji" that "Lamps were hung along the door and people visited all night long, which was called the Lantern Market". However, lanterns triggering people's hearts and passions have become the traditional culture of today's folk festivals. There are also some exciting stories. For example, during the Yuanfeng period of the Northern Song Dynasty, in order to whitewash peace, the government ordered people in Fuzhou City, regardless of rich or poor, to donate several lanterns to each household during the Lantern Festival. This caused great indignation among scholar and poet Chen Lie who lived in Langguan Lane, Nanhou Street. Chen Lie was an upright man and knowledgeable. Together with Chen Xiang, a famous Neo-Confucian at that time, Zheng Mu, the Imperial Confucian priest, and Zhou Ximeng, a famous Confucian, they were collectively known as the "Four Seaside Gentlemen". Chen Lie believed that the government did not care about people's livelihood and wasted money and money, so he ran to the tower of the "Mighty Military Gate" (Drum Tower) and wrote with a pen: "A lamp for a rich family, a grain of millet for Taicang, and a lamp for a poor family. Father and son gather together to cry. Do you know that the romantic governor still hates that the Sheng song has no good music?" It expressed the aspirations of the people and made Fuzhou governor Liu Jin realize his mistake and withdraw his orders. Chen Lie's move was recorded in the "Three Mountains Chronicles" by Liang Kejia, the prime minister during the Chunxi period of the Southern Song Dynasty, and was praised throughout the ages.

Fuzhou has a long tradition of sending lanterns. Because "deng" and "ding" have the same pronunciation in Fuzhou dialect, sending lanterns means "adding a child". When there is demand, there is a market. Nanhou Street is the largest market for making and selling Spring Festival lanterns. In the early years, when a daughter in Fuzhou got married, regardless of whether she had given birth or not, her mother's family had to give her a lamp. If she had not given birth, she would give a "Guanyin Sends a Child" lamp or a "God-given Lin'er" lamp. In the second year after the child was born, she would give a "Child Sitting Basin" lamp. After three years, "orange" lanterns will be given to the children, as many as there are children, until the children are 16 years old. Some give birth to two children with three lamps, and the extra lamp is called a "head lamp", hoping that the children will succeed in life. This is vividly described in the bamboo branch poem "Rongcheng Yuanxi" written by Yang Qingchen, a Juren of Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty and a good friend of Lin Zexu who lived in Gongxiang. The poem says: "God gave Lin'er to paint colorful silk ribbons, and the glow in the bride's room increased. It was late at night and I wanted to take off the gold hairpin, so I reported to my parents' family to send lights.

"Fuzhou nursery rhymes include: "The Lantern Festival lanterns in the first month, grandma loves her nephew (grandson), and sends red and orange lanterns, which is auspicious for the birth of a new baby. ”

The old custom of the lantern market in Nanhou Street starts on the third day of the first lunar month and closes on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Among them, the eighth to the twelfth day of the lunar month are the most lively. There is a folk proverb that “Only watch the lanterns on the eighth day of the Lantern Festival”. Because the 13th night of the first lunar month is the day of "paper blinding" (meaning "lantern"), the parents' family must send lanterns before the 13th day of the lunar month. On the night of the Lantern Festival, adults light lanterns for their children and join the neighborhood children's lantern-welcoming procession. Every Lantern Festival. The night has become a happy night for children.

There used to be several shops specializing in lanterns on Nanhou Street, most of which were family-owned crafts. Since lanterns were only sold during the first month of the year, they usually only sold a few big ones. The large ball lanterns hung by people, the large lanterns used in temples or the "Gaozhao" used to welcome gods, the "hundreds of sons and thousands of grandchildren" used for funerals, small lanterns for lighting, and dragon dance lanterns used for festivals are rarely found in ordinary shops. The signboard is often called a certain lantern shop. The materials for making lanterns include paper, cloth, bamboo, wood, etc., including watermelon lanterns, lotus lanterns, vegetable lanterns, orange lanterns, sheep lanterns, monkey lanterns, Guandao lanterns, unicorn lanterns, etc. Zhuangyuan riding lanterns, sound delivery lanterns, etc. are on the market during the Spring Festival. Modern lantern makers also make some exquisite lanterns according to needs, using yarn, silk, satin, silk, glass, etc. to make palace lanterns. Revolving lanterns, wall lanterns and all kinds of hanging lanterns are rich in variety, both elegant and popular. Various lanterns add joy and auspiciousness to people. During the "Cultural Revolution", lanterns were regarded as products of feudalism, and colorful lanterns were not seen in South Back Street. Although the lanterns were restored after the "Cultural Revolution", because the lanterns were only used during the first month of the year, the lantern-tying artists changed to more profitable wreaths in order to support their families, which affected the atmosphere of traditional culture in Nanhou Street in 2007. In order to strengthen the protection of lanterns, a traditional folk craft, political leaders held the first "Nanhou Street Lantern Festival", which attracted a large number of viewers and attracted the attention of superior leaders.

In the first month of 2008, the Gulou District Government hosted it again. The second "Nanhou Street Lantern Festival" was held, a protection and reward mechanism was introduced, and a unique "Nanhou Street Lantern Artists Recruiting Apprentices and Apprenticeships" ceremony was held. At the end of 2008, Nanhou Street (Lantern Festival) was named by the Ministry of Culture "The Hometown of Chinese Folk Culture and Art", the lanterns on Nanhou Street are ushering in spring again! Fuzhou folk sculptures are a new addition to the landscape of Nanhou Street. These works are placed in the open space on the street and under the newly planted trees, depicting characters. Slightly larger than life, the scene

has the characteristics of Fuzhou's traditional industry

Engraving printing depicts a master sitting at the table carving and printing a book template, and the words on the board are clear. It can be seen that there is a young man reading a book on the side.

It depicts a master making lanterns. A child is riding a bamboo horse on one side and holding a lantern on the wooden door behind them. Various paper lanterns are hung.

Ancient furniture is made, and two carpenters are carving window grilles and making Taishi chairs.

A pawn shop, a man behind the counter. The pawnshop owner in spectacles holds an abacus in his hand, standing tall; under the counter, a poor man comes to pawn.

Historically, the residents of Sanfang and Qixiang were mostly the family members of the Jin gentry and wealthy businessmen, so the South Back Street was concentrated. There are a large number of bookshops and paper shops, etc., and the traditional cultural atmosphere is extremely strong. Tongli Rouyan Old Shop

"Taiping Yan" is a famous local snack in Fuzhou and also a famous festive dish in Fuzhou customs.

Fuzhou people will eat "Taiping Yan" during festivals, weddings and funerals, and when relatives and friends gather to say goodbye, which means "Taiping Yan" is the auspicious sign of "peace" and "peace". Therefore, "there is no feast without Yan." Underage”. The meat swallow has become a good gift and is loved by Fuzhou people, including overseas folks.

In the back streets and alleys of Fuzhou, if you hear a series of rhythmic "ta, ta" sounds, follow the sound and you will find Yanpi Store. However, if you want to buy authentic and high-quality swallow skin, you can also go to Tongli Rouyan Old Shop on Nanhou Street in Fuzhou, which is known as "Tongli for a hundred years, Chinese swallow skin".

Dafuxing Fish Balls

Like meatballs, fish balls are also a famous dish on the tables of Fuzhou people. "No feast is complete without fish balls", from this saying we can see Fuzhou people's preference for fish balls. Dafuxing fish balls are made from chopped shark, eel or freshwater fish, mixed with potato starch, and then wrapped with lean pork or shrimp in the center and shaped into balls. The skin is thin and even, the color is white, the food is smooth and crisp, and the soup is meaty but not greasy. Dafuxing Fish Ball won the gold medal food at the 13th China Chefs Festival, was recognized as a "Chinese Famous Dish" by the China Cuisine Association, and was awarded a "Famous Snack" by the Fuzhou Municipal People's Government.

Tongkou Dried Noodles

According to historical records: Fujian pioneered hand-made dried powder more than 200 years ago, and later spread to Guangdong, Guangdong and other southern provinces. The original product was commonly known as "Youxi Noodles" and was produced in today's Youxi County. Later, the people of Tongkou Township in the lower reaches of the Minjiang River learned the method of making "Youxi Noodles". In the production process, they were more particular about the selection of materials, and the technology was constantly improved, gradually highlighting their own characteristics. "Tongkou Dried Noodles" became famous at home and abroad. . In the early 1920s, a group of 5-6 workers was formed into a group of manual workshops, with a clear division of labor from refining - pressing - flour discharge - drying - collecting flour. One production workshop has a daily output of about 150 kilograms of dried rice noodles. Before liberation, it had developed to about 20 production workshops, with a daily output of about 3,000 kilograms of dried rice noodles.

Fuzhou Ancient Book Bookstore

This ancient bookstore is located at No. 23 and 24 Nanhou Street near Wenrufang, covering an area of ??about 600 square meters. It had a trial operation during the Spring Festival and Lantern Festival in 2009 and officially opened in May 2009.

As early as the Qing Dynasty, old bookstores appeared in the Three Lanes and Seven Alleys. During the Republic of China, when it was most prosperous, there were more than 30 storefronts of various sizes dealing in the antique book business. After liberation, Fuzhou Xinhua Bookstore established an antique book sales department in Gongxiang, which was still in business in the mid-1980s.

Selling thread-bound ancient books published before the Republic of China and old editions of books published in the Republic of China, displaying the art works of famous people in Three Lanes and Seven Alleys, recommending Fuzhou historical documents and reading materials about local customs and customs, and acquiring all kinds of old books. It is a brand of Fuzhou Four highlights of antique bookstores.

Mijia Chuan Gui Shop

The Mijia Chuan Gui Shop was built in the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty (1865) and has a history of nearly 138 years. Most people who come to "Mi Jia Chuan" for the first time have this question: Firstly, the shop owner's surname is not Mi, and secondly, he doesn't support the boat, so why is it called "Mi Jia Chuan"? The current head, Mr. Lin Wenguang, solved the mystery for us. The founder of "Mijia Chuan" is Lin Wenguang's grandfather, Lin Jinshi. At that time, Master Lin Jin moved from Xihe, Fuzhou to Nanhou Street in the city to open a cake shop. The shop initially had no name, let alone a plaque, but this did not affect the Lin family's framing skills. Many people come here because of its reputation, including He Meisheng (also known as He Zhendai), a Fuzhou scholar and calligrapher from the Qing Dynasty. Seeing that the shop was unknown, He Juren volunteered to inscribe a plaque "Mijia Ship" on the shop. Legend has it that Mi Fu, a great calligrapher and painter of the Northern Song Dynasty, liked to travel along the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River to sketch. Due to the humid climate in the south of the Yangtze River, whenever he arrived at a pier, Mi Fu would hang his calligraphy and painting works on the bow of the ship to dry and display them. "Mijia Boat" is taken from "Mijia's paintings and calligraphy are all over the river beach", which has profound meaning and is a perfect name for the shop. After the plaque was hung up, it caused quite a stir in the Three Lanes and Seven Alleys. There were constant comings and goings of sedan chairs and carriages, and even some literati were reciting poems and painting in the shop.

"Mijia Chuan" is famous for its high-quality material selection and exquisite craftsmanship, and its resounding signboard is naturally not simple. Lin Wenguang said proudly that not only the rice paper, fabrics and strips of "Mijia Chuan" are specially customized, but also the paste is very special. "When cooking the paste, you need to control the heat. After cooking, you need to soak it in water for half a month to a month. This can extinguish the fire and ensure that the framed calligraphy and painting are smooth and not deformed. Then add the ancestral prescription. Insects are afraid of the medicine and can prevent moth. "

There are not many antiques in the "Mijia Ship" today. The 3-meter-long and 1.5-meter-wide nanmu table and the long nanmu ladder were both there when the store opened, accompanying "Mi." "Jiachuan" has been ups and downs for 138 years, and has gone through a tortuous process from prosperity to decline, and then from decline to prosperity.

Yihai Rouyan Old Shop

Yihai Rouyan Old Shop originated from the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty (1869). It was founded by Wang Shitong from Fuzhou on Yanping Road in front of Haiphong, Taijiang District. "Juji Qingshui Meat Yan Shop" opened in Damiao New Village, Baima South Road today. The meat swallow created by Wang Shitong (whose real name is Jin Ju) is cooked in a pot for a long time so that the soup is not mushy, hence the name of the restaurant.

Juji Qingshui Pork Bird’s Nest is made from refined meat, sweet potato powder, glutinous rice and a small amount of refined salt, and is processed through thousands of hammerings. The product is white and thin, delicious and resistant to cooking. It is a popular choice for Fuzhou people during the New Year or A bowl of large dishes served when entertaining guests at a festive banquet, also known as "Little Changchun" and "Taiping Yan". Fujian people often travel thousands of miles to send meat and swallows to their relatives and friends abroad to comfort their homesickness. As a result, the business of Juji Qingshui Meat Bird Shop is booming.

Dingding Meat Floss Old Shop

In 1856, Fuzhou official chef Lin Dingding created the delicacy of today's Chinese cuisine - Meat Floss, which added a wonderful feature to the Chinese food court.

Not long after, Yi was designated by the Qing Dynasty as a royal tribute to Fuzhou Prefecture. He entered the Forbidden City from the southeast coast and became famous all over the country. In 1915, the meat floss produced by Lin Dingding participated in the Pan-Pacific International Exposition in Panama. It convinced many judges with its excellent quality and won the gold medal, becoming famous all over the world. Now Dingding pork jerky is produced under the personal guidance and supervision of Lin Dingding’s granddaughter Lin Yuying. Selected raw materials and refined with ancestral secret recipes.

Green and red wine

Green and red wine is known as the authentic Fujian rice wine,

mainly because of its complex brewing process and the rich and mellow aroma of the wine. Rich in nutrients.

According to legend, green and red wine was presented to the palace by folk beauties on the day when King Wuzhu of Minyue established his capital.

This woman was called the Green Lady in later generations, also called the Eighteen Lady, because the green and red wine used for sacrifices and weddings had to be made by virgin women through eighteen processes in history. It can be brewed, which is the origin of the proverb...

The ingredients for green and red wine are very particular. The above-mentioned glutinous rice from the banks of the Minjiang River is mixed with the mellow koji brewed from the mountain springs of Minyue, and placed in the fermentation place. It must be divined by Zhouyi Bagua, and it must be located in a good yin place above the feng shui. The mud seal should be left for several years or even decades. If it is not broken, the aroma of wine will overflow. When the mud is broken, the aroma of wine will come out, and the color will be green and red. It is thick, very soft in the mouth, easy to swallow and refreshing, but has a strong stamina. After three or five bowls, after half an hour, you will be very drunk.

After thousands of years of origin, green and red wine has gradually evolved into multiple schools. The most representative school of green and red wine is the ancient method of brewing green and red wine passed down from the place of origin. The other most important school of green and red wine is Nowadays, the new style of green and red wine is active on the dining tables of overseas Fujianese Chinese.

Fuzhou No.1 Tea Factory

Fuzhou Chengmen Rongcheng Tea Factory was founded in 1986 and is located in the hometown of jasmine - Fuzhou Chengmen Economic Development Zone... The factory has always Adhering to the tenet of "quality first, users first, credibility first", it has been widely praised by users.

Jingfutang Jewelry

The predecessor of Jingfutang Jewelry is the Jewelry Center of Fuzhou University. For more than ten years,

relying on the powerful technology of the Department of Geological Resources of Fuzhou University Power, under the dedicated management of well-known domestic geology and jewelry experts such as Professor Shi Mantang and Professor Huang Weixin, has won a good reputation from customers with the most professional image, the most guaranteed product quality, and the most affordable product price.

"Liulichang outside Zhengyangmen, front and south back streets of Yijinfang." In Sanfang Qixiang, "one of the top ten historical and cultural districts in China", at the entrance of Yijinfang, Jingfu With a brand-new image, the company is striving to build a professional jadeite, Shoushan stone and diamond cultural store in Nanhou Street, the oldest commercial district in Fuzhou, to provide genuine jade products and a cultural exchange platform for enthusiasts. All products in Jing Fuk Tang have unique barcodes and can be checked online. Starting in 2007, Fuzhou City began to hold the "Nanhou Street Lantern Festival" in Nanhou Street and other places around the Lantern Festival. Generally every year, while displaying Fuzhou's traditional craft lanterns, a lantern-making, lantern-selling site is set up in Nanhou Street, where veteran lantern artists make, display, and sell traditional lanterns on-site. At the same time, a large lantern group is set up to display the history, culture and folk culture of Fuzhou, highlight traditional virtue stories, and integrate with traditional folk culture such as Lantern Festival, singing, and storytelling during the New Year.

In February 2009, the third Lantern Festival Lantern Festival was held simultaneously in Nanhou Street and Fuzhou Wuyi Square. With the theme of "Promoting Fujian Culture and Inheriting Chinese Civilization", this lantern show includes the "Welcome Gate" that represents the west coast of the Taiwan Strait bathing in the spring breeze and the momentum of the rainbow, and the "Fuman Gate" and "Happy Gate" that create a joyful, peaceful, civilized and harmonious atmosphere. "Yingmen", "Naochunfang", "Ping'an Corridor", and "Shengshi Golden Dragon", there are stories about the traditional virtues of mutual comity and harmonious coexistence between neighbors, "The Story of Filial Piety", and the great achievement of recreating the difficult process of the introduction of sweet potatoes into China. "Passing Potatoes to Benefit the People" also includes a series of lanterns showing old Fuzhou people celebrating the Lantern Festival during the New Year, watching operas and listening to commentaries, traditional snacks, old trades, and children's games. In February 2009, in order to commemorate the restored South Back Street and the third Fuzhou South Back Street Lantern Festival, the Fuzhou Post Office issued a set of "South Back Street Style" personalized stamps and commemorative envelopes with the approval of the China Philatelic Corporation.

The main image of the "South Back Street Style" personalized stamps issued this time is "Peace every year", and the accompanying stamp shows the new look of Nan Back Street after reconstruction. The full-page stamps truly reproduce the cultural ancient street style of Fuzhou Nanback Street, the cultural history of the Three Lanes and Seven Alleys and the festive scenes of the Lantern Festival, and are of great collection and commemorative value.

Also issued at the same time are two commemorative envelopes of "South Back Street Style" and "Lantern Festival Lantern Festival". The entire set of stamps not only shows the reconstructed style of the three lanes and seven lanes known as the "Ming and Qing Ancient Architecture Museum", but also highlights the Lantern Festival. The traditional style of Nanhou Street Lantern Festival during the festival.