The arcade is a building along the street in town, with corridors upstairs and downstairs. Riding downstairs to the porch, that is, the sidewalk, is called "Wujin Ji" This name is related to the appellation of Southeast Asia (Indonesia and other places). Riding on the porch downstairs is not only a shade but also a rain-proof. It is not only a veranda in the living room (or storefront), but also a transitional space inside and outside.
Main functions:
1, shelter from wind and rain and sunlight, and create a cool environment.
2. The arcade originated from improving the living environment, and later became a commercial place to make a living, focusing on commercial activities, showing open consciousness and creative thinking of making foreign things serve China.
3. The unique features of the integration of corridors and columns, the unification of facades, the continuity of integrity, the combination of Chinese and Western cultures and the coexistence of pluralism.
4. Breaking through the shackles of single-family families, it has become a shared space for customers, reflecting the modern consciousness of mutual respect. Walking under the arcade, comfortable, warm and close, with no dust on your feet, clean and tidy, showing good interpersonal relationships.
It has a strong flavor of life and becomes a place for drinking tea, chatting, enjoying the cool, interacting with people, exchanging information and sleeping at night. It is also a space for children to do homework and jump rubber bands.
Arcades were introduced to Gulangyu and Xiamen after the Opium War, and then to Kinmen. Therefore, the arcade building is a kind of architectural form that combines European architecture and Southeast Asian regional characteristics. After it was introduced into Xiamen, it was combined with Xiamen's regional characteristics to form an arcade market.
At present, Zhongshan Road is also the only commercial street in China that leads directly to the sea. Its unique style is composed of a piece of Nanyang arcade buildings, colorful LED night scenes, a dazzling array of Fujian-Taiwan specialty snacks, and ancient southern sounds echoing between alleys and neighborhoods. There are 3 provincial-level cultural relics protection units, 5 municipal-level cultural relics protection units, municipal-level Taiwan-related cultural relics 1, more than1places of interest, Nanyin and other intangible cultural heritages. 20 12 June, Zhongshan Road in Xiamen was awarded the title of "China Famous Historical and Cultural Street".
Zhongshan Road in Xiamen was built at 1925, located in the southwest of Xiamen Island. Zhongshan Road is one of the "seven vertical and seven horizontal" streets in Xiamen, and it has been the commercial leader and economic center of Xiamen since its opening. Zhongshan Road is an old city in Xiamen, which shows the modern historical features. There are many cultural relics and historic sites such as Xiaomao Road, Chen Huacheng's former residence and the First Temple of China.
The preserved historical and cultural sites of Qilou Street and the market customs in southern Fujian witnessed the historical development of Xiamen and preserved the precious cultural memory of the city. Today's Zhongshan Road, after nearly a hundred years of cultivation and construction, has become a historical and cultural block with profound historical accumulation, complete commercial categories, famous shops and famous products, and concentrated people flow and logistics.
Cultural advantage: Yu Dafu once stayed in Tianxian Hotel.
Xiamen City Wall, Xinjie Chapel, Jiangxia Hall ... Zhongshan Road area has preserved many cultural relics and nurtured many Xiamen cultural celebrities, which can be called the context of Xiamen. There are also the former residences of famous national hero Chen Huacheng, famous calligrapher Ouyang Zhen, poet Yu Yu and famous calligrapher Lu Shiyi. Early famous NLD Li Gongpu and writer Yu Dafu both stayed in Tianxian Hotel. Lu Jiaxi, former president of China Academy of Sciences, spent his childhood here.
Zhongshan Road is not only rich in cultural relics and historic sites, but also rich in intangible cultural heritage. Nanyin, Taiwanese opera and Mid-Autumn Festival cake have a long and continuous inheritance on Zhongshan Road.
Architectural advantages: the arcade building shows the Nanyang style.
Zhongshan Road is mainly invested by overseas Chinese and consists of arcades. The arcade building with strong Nanyang style on both sides sets off the nickname of "Nanyang style commercial street" on Zhongshan Road.
The Overseas Chinese Bank, located at Zhongshan Road Ferry, is a historical witness to the close ties between Xiamen people and overseas Chinese in Nanyang. The southeast style arcade, the traditional southern Fujian blue glazed gatehouse roof and the moire decoration with China characteristics on the gatepost of the arcade add Chinese style and southern Fujian color to the arcade on Zhongshan Road.
The combination of Chinese and western cultures is open and inclusive. Some people say that this is the most distinctive historical and cultural feature of Zhongshan Road.
Conclusion This kind of arcade has a unique and creative form in Nanyang-opening one or more circular or other holes in the daughter's wall is a kind of architectural wisdom, which can not only prevent typhoon attacks, but also reduce the wind load of buildings, thus forming a unique architectural art form.