How many archways are there in Chaozhou Paifang Street?

Chaozhou Paifang Street has 22 archways. Paifang Street consists of 22 archways with a total length of1.948m, including Taiping Road1.742m and Dongmen Street of 206m.. There used to be as many as 39 arches in this street. Unfortunately, in the 1950s, these archways were basically demolished, and now 22 archways have been rebuilt. Memorial archway is a building built in feudal society to commend meritorious service, virtue, virtue and loyalty and filial piety. According to Chaozhou local documents, Chaozhou ancient archway was built in Song Dynasty. During the heyday of Ming and Qing Dynasties, Chaozhou had 150 stone archways, most of which were built by literati, champions and ministers. The number and types of these archways are the largest, so Chaozhou Ancient City is also called "Archway City", and archways are one of the architectural cultures with China characteristics. It is a building built by feudal society to commend meritorious service, divide and rule, virtue, loyalty, filial piety and loyalty. There are also some temples in Guan Gong that use archways as mountain gates, and some of them are used to mark place names, also called archways, which are memorial buildings that promote feudal ethics and flaunt political achievements. The memorial archway is also an affiliated building of the ancestral hall, which shows the noble character and great achievements of the family ancestors and has the function of ancestor worship.