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Wudianshi Traditional Blocks

A protected district in Jinjiang's old town, named after the Tang dynasty's "five shops"; it gathers ancestral-hall complexes of the Cai and Zhuang clans and red-brick mansions like Chaobei Dacuo built in "gonghuangqi" (palace-imitation) style, a showcase of Minnan architectural vocabulary such as swallowtail ridges and brick-and-stone inlaid walls, known as the "Minnan Red-Brick Architecture Museum…"

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A protected district in Jinjiang's old town, named after the Tang dynasty's "five shops"; it gathers ancestral-hall complexes of the Cai, Zhuang and other clans and red-brick mansions like Chaobei Dacuo built in "gonghuangqi" (palace-imitation) style — Minnan architectural vocabulary such as swallowtail ridges and brick-and-stone inlaid walls converges here, earning it the name "Minnan Red-Brick Architecture Museum"; the district regularly stages Gaojia opera and Nanyin performances, with arcade teahouses and cultural-creative shops interspersed — a sample of Minnan life beyond Quanzhou's old prefecture city.

Getting there: Jinjiang urban area (approx. 15 km)

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