If you want to choose a word that best represents the local characteristic culture from Minnan dialect, it must be the word "Cuo". The magnificent red brick ancient buildings in southern Fujian are mainly distributed in Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Quanzhou in Fujian. Red bricks have absorbed the essence of China traditional culture, Fujian-Vietnam culture and marine culture, and become an important system of Minnan culture. "Red bricks and white stones have double slopes, bricks are put into stone dovetail ridges, and beams are carved and painted in a palace style." It is an image expression of the characteristics of red brick buildings in southern Fujian.

In the high-rise city of Xiamen, it is difficult to see traces of ancient red bricks, but there is such a piece hidden near the Xiamen Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the city center, but few people know it.

Surrounded by the surrounding skyscrapers, step into the ancient residential street "Xiangdian", and several ancient buildings with red brick and red tile swallow-tailed gables will bring back the long time of Ming and Qing Dynasties to your eyes. When the old street in Xiamen is rebuilt, the fragrant shop must have a name. There are more than 100 red ancient buildings here, the longest of which is over 200 years old, full of humanistic atmosphere and architectural mystery. Fortunately, there are several new buildings in front of us.

"Xiangdian has money, but there is no Xiangdian." From this ancient saying in southern Fujian, we can get a glimpse of the wealth of Xiangdian, the ancient buildings in southern Fujian that once spread all over Xiangdian. In 2003, the old village of Xiangdian was rebuilt. Nowadays, there are many high-rise buildings here, and the few remaining ancient buildings in southern Fujian are still telling the history of that year. After the transformation, the ancient buildings in Xiangdian and Laocuo have a new life, and they have entered the red brick ancient buildings, food business districts or cultural and creative spaces. Compared with being abandoned, perhaps this way of transformation is the best cultural continuation.

Now, when you walk into Xiangdian Old Street, you can see the bustling modern atmosphere on the wall, but when you walk in, you will feel that time has slowed down unconsciously. If the weather is clear and the sun shines on the red brick, it will even make people feel a little trance. A hundred years later, every mansion may hide the rise and fall of a family. With the development of economy, some old houses and articles have been abandoned, which makes people cherish.

There is an ancient red brick building hidden in the center of Xiamen, surrounded by skyscrapers. It's amazing time, and few tourists take pictures.