It includes shops and historical buildings along six ancient streets, including Lu, Xianxiang, Houjie, Yahou, Qianmiao and Fangxiang. Covering an area of 3 square kilometers, it is known as "a famous literary country". It is the pearl of Xinghua Plain, standing on the north bank of Mulan River for thousands of years, guiding Putian people to go back to the city.

Xinghua was specially named for Putian by Song Taizong during the Taiping and Xingguo period in the early Song Dynasty. At that time, the uprising of the descendants of Youyang Lindong was quelled after many appeals and conquest. Song Taizong thought Putian was a stubborn and dangerous place, and wanted to "promote the virtue of the emperor and transform the people", so he named it Xinghua.

The ancient pagoda, the only landmark of Xinghua ancient city, is a passage connecting the past and the present. It shows the original intention of ancient craftsmen to build this city, and also allows people today to have a glimpse of the grand exchange of ancestors in the field through the city gate. Putian residential buildings are centered on ancient pagodas, similar to chessboard layout, very regular and dotted with mountains and rivers. Folk houses retain the traditional features of Puxian architecture, such as ridging, red tiles and white walls.

Introduction of Putian City

Putian, called Xinghua in ancient times, also known as Puyang and Puxian, is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Fujian Province, located in the middle of Fujian. The territory is high in the northwest and low in the southeast, with a saddle-shaped cross section. Located on the northern edge of the Tropic of Cancer and facing the ocean in the east, it belongs to a typical subtropical maritime monsoon climate. It now governs four districts and one county, with a land area of 4,200 square kilometers and a sea area of 1. 1.000 square kilometers.