Nanhou Street (South Back Street)
The "central axis of lane culture," with time-honored shops for Shoushan stone carving, oil-paper umbrellas, and bodiless lacquerware; a chinaberry-tree streetscape
Visitor info
- Opening hours
- Open all day
- Ticket
- Free
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The "central axis of lane culture," with time-honored shops for Shoushan stone carving, oil-paper umbrellas, and bodiless lacquerware; a chinaberry-tree streetscape. The main street running through the Three Lanes and Seven Alleys was once a "cultural street" crowded with bookshops and ink workshops—old book houses such as Mi Family Father and Son and Juchengtang once carved and sold books here, and lane culture has endured through this street ever since. Today the street is lined one after another with time-honored Fuzhou intangible-heritage shops selling Shoushan stone carvings, oil-paper umbrellas, and bodiless lacquerware, while snack shops serving fish balls, rouyan, and peanut soup keep the air fragrant; chinaberry trees shade the street, their purple blossoms covering the trees in spring. Browse the lane museums by day and watch lanterns light up the street by night—Nanhou Street remains the "cultural drawing room" of the Three Lanes and Seven Alleys.
Getting there: Central axis of the Three Lanes and Seven Alleys
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