Ryuyuan

Ryuyuan

Ryuyuan is a cultural heritage site protected by Fujian Province.

The Ryukyu Pavilion was a guesthouse established by China (Qing Dynasty) and Japan (Satsuma Domain) to host envoys from the Ryukyu Kingdom. There are two known sites of this pavilion: one in present-day Fuzhou, China, and the other in present-day Kagoshima, Japan.

The Chinese Ryukyu Pavilion, known as Ryuyuan, had the official name in the Ming Dynasty of “Jinggongchang Ryuyuan” (Ryuyuan of the Tribute Factory), and was also commonly referred to as the Ryukyu Pavilion. It is a guesthouse building in Fuzhou, located at No. 40 Guanhou Street, Taijiang District.

During the Ming Dynasty, Ryuyuan was already quite large, featuring three front halls, six bedrooms on either side, five rear halls, twenty-seven bedrooms for foreign attendants on either side, three second gates, six more bedrooms for foreign attendants on either side, ten rooms for the gatekeeping officers on either side, two rooms for soldiers, and one main gate. Additionally, it included an auxiliary Tianfei Temple for worshipping the goddess Mazu, a Tribute Factory for storing, inspecting, and processing tributes and goods, as well as the buildings of Konghai Tower and Shanggong Bridge. After renovation in the 18th year of the Qing Kangxi reign (1679), Ryuyuan had a main gate, a ceremonial gate, eleven wing rooms on either side, an administrative office for the pavilion built outside the ceremonial gate, and a small Tianfei Temple shrine with three rooms behind the main hall. Furthermore, during the Kangxi and Daoguang reigns, the Chongbao Shrine, Small Four Rooms, and Tutongshi Guesthouse were added, bringing the total area to no less than 6,000 square meters.

The current Ryuyuan was restored in 1992 and turned into the Fuzhou Museum of Foreign Friendship History. It is located on the west side of the original site’s main gate, at No. 40 Guanhou Street, Taijiang District, Fuzhou, and consists of only a small part of the original Ryuyuan structure. The building faces south and has a screen wall just inside the gate, followed by a courtyard with wing rooms on both sides. The main hall is three bays wide and five bays deep, a two-story wooden building with a post-and-lintel structure made of fir, and is enclosed by fireproof walls. It covers an area of about 600 square meters and is used to display various cultural relics and exhibits related to the history of China-Ryukyu relations. The front and rear courtyards are decorated with traditional rockeries and potted plants, and the rear courtyard also houses dozens of ancient tombstones of Ryukyu people buried in Fuzhou that have been collected.

Xingang Subdistrict: Xingang Subdistrict, Taijiang District, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province

Xingang Subdistrict covers an area of 1.35 square kilometers with a population of 43,200 (2004). Postal code: 350103004

Xingang Subdistrict is located in the eastern part of Taijiang District, bordered by Taijiang Rongcheng Ancient Street and Yingzhou Subdistrict to the south, by Qiongdong River to the north, and by Wuyi Road to the west. It administers 10 communities and 1 administrative village: ~001_Lutong Community, ~002_Nangong Community, ~003_Xinggang Community, ~004_Shiqiao Community, ~005_Yanta Community, ~006_Zhongxuan Community... More details about Xingang Subdistrict++