Preservation And Development of Architectoral Culture in Urban Redevelopment - Some experience from the urban redevelopment in Qianchow

摘要

Qianchow, Lying in the southeast of Fujian province, is a famous historical cultural city. The city has been developing for more than one thousand years since it was built in the Tang Dynasty. It was known as 'The Biggest Port in The East' and 'The Silk Road of The Sea' in its flourishing age. Due to its long-term opening to outside world and its permanent international culture exchange, Qianchow has turned into a district with rich, various and compatible multi-national architectural culture. As a famous city with so many overseas Chinese, Qianchow's residential building is prominent in its style of architectural culture. For example, palatial architecture embodys one of its special cultural feature in its buildings. Another kind of residential building, known as 'The Little Western Style House', possesses the multi-national architectural style, in which styles from different nations Cincluding the Chinese and the western work together and combine compatibly. Extracting the essence from different architectural styles, this kind of architectural style is rich in its expresion, unique in its form. It becomes so prominent in the southeast Fujian that it earns its fame all over the world.