Brief introduction of Wanqiulou scenic spot:

The Wanqiu Building was built by Mr. Xia Wanqiu, an overseas Chinese living in Malaysia in Meizhou. He was one of the major shareholders of Malaysia Dongying Company. After working hard overseas and making a fortune, he returned to China in the1920s and spent 48 SGD to build the Wanqiu Building in Chengjiang Township, Meixian County. At the same time, a "Wanqiu School" (now renamed Fuwai Primary School) was built to accommodate local fellow students to receive love education free of charge. This school was established with his personal financial support, which shows Xia Wanqiu's enthusiastic contribution.

Wanqiu Building This building was specially designed by famous foreign architects and completed in 1930. The overall structure is complete, blending Chinese and western architecture, the bell tower with western pointed roof and the dragon enclosure of Chinese Hakka are really a combination of Chinese and western, which shows the simple spirit of Hakka under the splendor! Looking at the plan of the whole building, from the tall gatehouse of the main building, it looks like the word "Zhong" with two short columns on the lower hall, nave and upper hall. The long shaft is the central axis, separated by two corridors on the left and right sides of the patio. At the upper and lower ends of the two corridors, there are small doors leading to the left and right horizontal houses. There are two bars at the back of the horizontal houses. At the top of the central axis, an arc is drawn to connect the two bars next to the main building, plus the wide Wo Ping and the outer gatehouse. At that time, the total area was 5,000 square meters, but now it is only 4,000 square meters because the place occupies part of the land.

The structural pattern of the building is mainly based on the solid structural square pattern of Hakka architecture, inheriting the simple concept gradually developed from the central plains ethics and reclamation experience, and the civil architecture itself reflects the educational ethics of Hakka people's internal and external needs, and is diligent and simple. Especially in the aspect of gathering people to prevent bandits from attacking, the adaptation to the region, after more than 1,500 years of exile and overseas struggle, is really combined with its spiritual projection. The building is integrated with the central plains board building technology, plus the foreign western pointed roof, and the specific construction technology is gathered, forming the "new earth dragon culture" that the world has instructed. Structurally, it is composed of a thick 1.2-foot earth wall and more than a hundred granite columns with a diameter of 1.2-foot and a length of more than 4 meters. The stone pillars are combined with the architectural style of the Greek period, and the base and top are equipped with flowers and various relief patterns, which set off the wall of stone rice and white lime. Indoor facilities are also very particular about, such as floor polishing and color drawing; The paintings and reliefs on the eaves are admirable. The gates, small doors, light windows and arcades of the main building in the building are protected by iron switches in the corridors, and anti-theft net facilities are installed over the patio.

However, after the Cultural Revolution, the anti-theft system was dismantled, totaling more than 200 pieces, which were sold at a price of 10,000 yuan per kilogram of 0.3 yuan. Besides, the exterior wall was painted with many slogans of the Cultural Revolution, and it was re-sprayed on the Shimi exterior wall during the renovation process. Now the handwriting of the slogan is still clearly visible on the inside of the exterior wall. In the hall, there are all kinds of mahogany furniture, luxurious lighting, white porcelain pots, and grotesque "ha ha mirrors". Wanqiu Building was really famous at that time! When the building was completed, there was a couplet that said, "The stone is like a rafter, but the river is magnificent;": Meijiang river is like a belt, surrounding the ages.