Wise Fujian People

Craftsman plans giant wood carving featuring canal

2022-04-02

A wood carving craftsman for nearly four decades, Zheng Chunhui's passion for the art continues to grow stronger.
Nail-less construction technique a bridge from past to present

2022-01-20

Thanks to decades of perseverance by traditional craftsmen, a 1,000-year-old wooden arch bridge in Ningde city, Fujian province, has managed to survive, and the skills used to make it have been adapted to modern life.
Lin Huiyin

2019-04-18

Lin Huiyin (1904–1955), also known as Phyllis Lin or Lin Whei-yin, was a noted 20th-century Chinese architect and writer.
Zheng Chenggong

2019-04-18

Zheng Chenggong (1624 – 1662), better known worldwide by his Hokkien honorific Koxinga or Coxinga, born in Nan'an, Quanzhou of Fujian province, was a militarist and a national hero during the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.
Zhu Xi

2019-04-18

Zhu Xi (1130–1200), born in Youxi, Fujian province, was a notable thinker, philosopher, educator, poet and an exponent of neo-Confucianism.