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Chaozhou Church Street (Tai Ping Road and East Gate Street) facade repair shops on both sides of a new, full of splendor, and the ancient arch, ancient, ancient dwellings to each other shine, makes it a tourist spot. These shops are mostly two three-storey building, from the second floor about three meters from the forward in near the road crossing with two pillars to withstand, so called arcade. A seat arcade side by side, they form a ceiling space through the corridor, as the sun can shield wind and rain on the sidewalk.
According to test, first appeared in arcades in India, the British created, called Many former British colonies in Southeast Asia, countries everywhere, and later lived in Southeast Asia Chinese call this Twenties of the last century, most popular, Guangdong, Fujian town shops to use more Arcade mode. However, the rapid development of modern urban construction, high-rise buildings, the old arcade and more have been removed, except the ancient city of Chaozhou Arcade effective for protection while maintaining the original appearance, an exercise in fortune.
Chaozhou traditional architecture with Chaozhou architect based on the original and bold to attract the West Now we can focus of attention to the rich local characteristics of the arcade: Simple and elegant downstairs through flowers folding doors, upstairs pleasing variety of wood frame windows, look natural and worthy. Round or square pillars, column bases and are decorated with auspicious patterns, arcade key decorative top part of the street is that there's vault with a European style, balcony, a gray plastic or porcelain Cheyne embedded pictures, a celadon railings pressure eaves wall. Especially the northern end of Lake Taiping Road Music Club on the wall of Confucianism,
Wrote to all the good looking girls ( transfer ) -, The person skilled in civil construction, in Chaozhou in the arcade of the facade, you can see the ancient Greek colonnade, arch leaf Islam, the European baroque period of mountain flowers (beautiful patterns the front arcade top). Architects originality, variety of arcade style, the whole street shops seem neat but not rigid, full of zest for life. Chaozhou Arcade
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! - Qzone log, warehouse, shop in one, easy to manage shop owner. Customers, pedestrians may be in the porch to avoid Showers, wind, sun, and the owner also make tea taste treat, or chat with regular customers, arcade owners will undoubtedly narrow the distance between the customer and is conducive to buying and selling activities. Yeongdong Shouyi
Chaozhou, Fujian, Guangdong once, native of Jiangxi distribution center, commercial development, arcade past there had been brilliant. In the past, the East Gate Street, there are more than tea, tobacco shops, banks, Chaozhou saying Since ancient times, Taiping Road, known as WU Xiang Department Store have in mind,
Five -hand look at you a fatal character flaw (to ) - Qzone log, there Zhengyi Cheng shoe line; there Chuang Shun Fat silk, silk Yongxiang Chang Chuang; have Hongxing medicine, pharmacy pine Xingtang; the Zhonghua Book Company, United Overseas Press, the industry boutiques abound. It is worth mentioning that the famous Taiping Road had a number of small food shops: Hu Rongquan are attracted to the taste, the business is very high. Although the new city is now expanding, business center transfer, arcade passed their prime, but with the development of tourism, the Church Street revival is entirely possible, as the sale of Chaozhou specialties, crafts pedestrian shopping street, a taste of Chiu Chow cuisine, specialty Snack Food Street.
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