1, language and culture: Minnan language originated in Quanzhou, but the spread of Minnan language has been not only in Minnan area, has long exceeded the provincial boundaries and national boundaries, in the provinces spread Minnan language the most extensive areas and countries are Taiwan and Singapore.
2, architectural culture: according to the function can be divided into houses, ancestral halls, temples, palaces, pagodas, towers, buildings, pavilions, platforms, salons and bridges, sea defense buildings (Chongwu Ancient City), etc., colorful Minnan architecture, can be said to be rich in originality and centralized outside the building of the great success.
3, religious culture: southern Fujian people's religious beliefs and folk beliefs, is an important part of southern Fujian culture. Southern Fujian clan culture is very developed, attaching importance to clan kinship, genealogy and the importance of clan architecture is its symbol.
4, folk culture: refers to the southern Fujian people *** with the creation, enjoyment and inheritance of folk cultural events (things and phenomena) of the general term.
5, food culture: the development and inheritance of southern Fujian cuisine also has a gradual process. It originated from Quanzhou and spread to Zhangzhou, Taiwan, Xiamen and other southern Fujian cultural circle.
Southern Fujian Characteristics
Southern Fujian people eat three meals a day, rice-based food, morning and evening to eat thin rice, lunch at noon, the southern Fujian dialect called thin rice for rice. It is thin and thick and thin two kinds of porridge, thick porridge called "baked head rice", "baked" means "water dry also", thin porridge called "An Mizi child The thin congee is called "An Mi Zai". As for the New Year's food customs, according to different festivals, there are different food customs, such as the Spring Festival, in addition to the Eve of the New Year's Eve dinner around the fireplace to buy a variety of chicken, duck, fish and meat dishes, it is customary to a hot pot.
The old copper hot pot in the middle of the charcoal fire, symbolizing the family reunion around the stove. Minnan Minju is the traditional architecture of Minnan Minju. However, as far as the Minnan Minju is concerned, this overseas religious and decorative influence is more limited to temples and other places with religious colors. We believe that although there are influences of diverse cultures in Minnan Folk Dwellings, it is more the influence of local cultures, especially the Han culture of the Central Plains.
The characteristics of geography and climate and many other factors such as descent make the traces of its veneration of the Central Plains culture show through, which can be proved from some patterns, some metaphorical symbols and some architectural styles. Of course, other ethnic cultural influences also exist in the architecture, such as earth buildings, round buildings, hammocks, hand towel squatters and so on. But this does not affect the form of the typology of Minnan houses, especially the masonry walls.