Historical buildings are the carrier of urban culture and the living history of the city. In order to strengthen the protection of historical buildings, since 2017, Quanzhou City has continued to carry out the protection and identification of historical buildings, and has successively published three batches of historical building protection lists, and 1658 buildings have been listed. Among them, 146 historical buildings have been announced in the municipal district, and the first and second batches of 123 historical buildings in the municipal district have been listed so far.
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Built in the 1920s, the residential building at No. 46 Huaxiang is a Minnanyang building that incorporates Nanyang and Islamic architectural styles, with structure, shape and decoration, revealing the ingenuity of the builders. In 2020, the residence of No. 46 Huaxiang was included in the list of the second batch of historical buildings in Quanzhou Municipal District, and after renovation and upgrading, this two-storey Western-style building combining Chinese and Western styles retained the overall style of the building, and the blooming bougainvillea added a little vitality to it.
Li Yihai, head of the relevant business department of Quanzhou Municipal Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau
Recognized historical buildings, structures, it is to reach a certain age, basically more than 50 years, it can reflect the characteristics of our local characteristics of the architectural art, with a certain historical, cultural, scientific and artistic value. Then usually before the standards of the cultural relics protection unit are not met and the immovable cultural relics that have not been registered are included, we are organized by the people's governments of each county (city, district) for on-site verification, and after obtaining the consent of the owners and the opinions of experts, we report to the municipal government for approval, and we will announce them to the public as the historical buildings of Quanzhou City.
Up to now, Quanzhou has published three batches of historical building protection lists, and 1658 buildings have been listed. Among them, 146 have been announced by the municipal district, and the first and second batches of 123 historical buildings have been listed. The protective plate attached this time is accompanied by a Chinese and English introduction and a two-dimensional code, and the scan code can view the introduction of the building, cultural and historical materials, azimuth maps and other information in detail.
After identification, we must carry out surveying and mapping, compile atlases, and at the same time we must identify the protectors of historical buildings, and carry out certain preventive protection, such as our termite control, as well as daily earthquake resistance, daily repairs, and our government has certain protection funds on this to repair and improve.
The listing and protection of historical buildings is also an important measure to implement the "Regulations on the Protection of Famous Historical and Cultural Cities in Quanzhou". The urban and rural architectural style management platform developed by the Municipal Landscape Office has also been officially launched, and the platform collection displays the basic information of the city's historical and cultural blocks, famous towns and villages, and historical buildings, which can be obtained by the public after entering the platform. In addition, the platform also has functions such as landscape roaming, design atlas, building rental and maintenance.
At present, Quanzhou is starting to start the preliminary preparation of the third batch of historical building surveying and mapping and documentation, drawing preparation and other series of basic work, continue to organize and carry out a new round of historical building census and identification work, and accelerate the improvement of the protection list.