Haikou arcade old street is the most distinctive street landscape in Haikou. Sipailou is the oldest building, which was built in the Southern Song Dynasty and has a history of more than 700 years. On June 10, 2009, the first "Selection and Promotion of Famous Historical and Cultural Streets in China" was announced in Beijing, and Haikou Qilou Old Street was on the list.
Haikou Qilou Old Street won the first ten "China Famous Historical and Cultural Streets" for its uniqueness and uniqueness. Haikou arcades are mainly distributed in the old city of Haikou, such as Deshengsha Road, Zhongshan Road, Aibo Road, Xinhua Road, Jiefang Road and Chang Di Road.
Architectural culture
Haikou arcade has a long history as a gallery architecture art. The white arcade building in Haikou not only has strong characteristics of China ancient traditional architecture, but also imitates western architecture, as well as the architectural and decorative style of Nanyang culture, which is obviously influenced by Indian and Arabic architectural culture. These unique architectural styles form a landscape painting of arcade.
Because of Hainan's unique strong sun and rainy climate, as early as 1395 (during the Hongwu period of Ming Dynasty), when the market street was built in Waisha area of Haikou (that is, Boai Road and Deshengsha Road), there was already a long corridor-style "shop row house" that could shelter from rain and sun.
After 1930, a wave of rush to South Asia blew away in Hainan. After a long journey in a foreign land, Hainanese who went to South Asia left their leaves behind and returned home to build houses with their hard-earned money. While the ancestors brought back the thought of Nanyang, many European arcade buildings with Nanyang style appeared in Hainan.