【雲上嶺南】Chaozhou's Paifang street, a shared cultural relic, belongs to all Chaozhouers at home and abroad
潮州牌坊街，海內外潮人共有文化遺產
Paifang (Memorial Arch), a traditional style of Chinese architectural arch or gateway structure, can be traced back to the Zhou Dynasty (B.C770-B.C256). Paifang street is the oldest street in modern Chaozhou but in ancient times it was also the most prosperous one. Walking through it, every Paifang building is in order with complex stone carvings and paintings. They recorded the history of Chaozhou and the great contributions that Chaozhouers hadmadeto the social and economic development of the city. Nowadays, the rebuilt Paifang has increased Chaozhouers' cohesion, becoming a new symbol of Chaozhou's tourism.
牌坊，是中國特有的門洞式建築，在周朝（公元前770年-前256年）的時候已經存在。牌坊街，是潮州最古老的街道，也是古代潮州府城最繁華的街區。漫步其中，一座座牌坊臨街而立，繁複的石雕彩繪間承載著潮州的文化史，細數著潮人對社會經濟發展曾作出的巨大貢獻。如今修復後的牌坊街更增強了潮人的凝聚力，成為潮州旅遊的新亮點。
