Qilou compound in S China's Haikou turns into major tourist attraction

8月26日拍攝的?？隍T樓老街（無人機照片）。海口騎樓老街是中國現(xiàn)今保留規(guī)模最大、保存基本完好的騎樓建筑群，2009年6月被文化部、國家文物局評為首批“中國歷史文化名街”。騎樓大多是20世紀初期一批從南洋回來的華僑借鑒當時南洋建筑風格所建，?？隍T樓老街以其獨具風情的建筑群吸引了許多游客前來參觀。[新華社記者楊冠宇攝]

This aerial photo taken on Aug. 26, 2023 shows a view of the Qilou old street in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province. Qilou, or arcaded house, refers to a building with a frontage arcade on its ground floor that allows pedestrians to pass through. Haikou boasts the largest and best-preserved Qilou compound in China, which was included by the state authorities in the country's first list of historic streets in 2009. Most Qilou in the city were built in early 1900s by returned overseas Chinese with ideas borrowed from architecture of the Southeast Asia where they used to live. This compound of unique building style has turned into a major tourist attraction in Haikou. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)