厦门开埠后,随着基督教传入,教会的建造活动也不断展开。教会建造的首批教堂多具有简化的西式教堂建筑特征,或在局部融入闽南传统建筑要素,表现出对地方材料和工匠技术一定的适应性。教会学校、医院等则多为殖民式建筑。19世纪下半叶,早期教会建筑成为近代厦门早期西方建筑移植和传播的重要途径之一,并开始了中西建筑文化交融的早期尝试,直接影响和酝酿着厦门建筑的近代转型。 After the opening of Xiamen, with the introduction of Christianity, the construction activities of the church also continued to expand. Most of the first churches built by the church have simplified the architectural features of Western-style churches or are partially integrated into the traditional architectural elements of Minnan and show some adaptability to local materials and craftsmanship. Church schools, hospitals and more are mostly colonial buildings. In the second half of the 19th century, early church architecture became one of the most important ways to transplant and spread Western architecture in early modern Xiamen. Early attempts to blend Chinese and Western architecture and culture were directly influenced and brewed into modern transformation of Xiamen architecture.