“Fai Zi Fai Chun” — From Near Demolition to Foshan’s Most Festive Street
Hello Agents, Recently, our Mission Day organizing team revisited Kuaizi ( Fai Zi ) R oad Fai Chun Street , one of Foshan’s newest Lunar New Year landmarks. Today the street is quiet again. But during the weeks leading up to the Lunar New Year, this short arcade street — only a few hundred meters long — transforms into one of the most festive places in the entire city. Crowds gather to buy fai chun (traditional calligraphy blessings), filling the street with the unmistakable atmosphere of the New Year. In fact, its popularity now rivals the famous Spring Flower Market , long considered the classic symbol of New Year celebrations in Guangdong. Yet the story of this place is surprisingly recent. Although the street itself is over a century old, the Fai Chun market has existed for only a little more than a decade — and before that, the entire street once came very close to demolition. Why Is It Called “ Kuaizi( Fai Zi ) Road”? The street name dates back to th...
