Art Heritage

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Art Heritage

Month: July 2021

Background of ChongWu Ancient City

Chongwu It is located in the southeastern part of Hui’an County, on a peninsula jutting into Taiwan Strait. The town’s historical center, the Old Chongwu Fortress (Chinese: 崇武古城, Chongwu Gu Cheng) is a walled city dating to the late 14th century (Hongwu Emperor’s reign; the conventional date is 1384). The traditional Hui’an County vernacular architecture,

The Trip Recording of Chongwu Ancient City

By Xiaoyu XIONG (Sherry). 2021 In early April 2021, I arrived in Chongwu, Fujian Province, a coastal fishing village. The fish rolls and meat Zongzi (rice dumplings) are delicious here. The continuous ancient city wall separates the city from the outside. Most of the houses in this city were built in the late Qing Dynasty,