以建造目的为据,牌坊可以分成旌表牌坊和标识牌坊两大类,其中旌表牌坊因表彰的原由和内容不同又可进一步细分为宦誉牌坊、科名牌坊、嘉行牌坊和祥瑞牌坊。通过对泉州牌坊的形式、尺度分析和历史上的不同种类的牌坊的分布的观察,可以看出,牌坊的等级越高、对现行政权的支持越直接、公共性越强、其所蕴指的社会情境越积极,它的形式越隆重、尺度越大并越倾向于在城市中心区出现。从整体上看,泉州的牌坊作为一个系统,与建置性设施相配合,共同营造着传统城市的景观秩序。 According to the purpose of the construction, the archway can be divided into two categories, namely, the archway of the table and the archway of the signage. The archeological archetypes of the archway can be further subdivided into honorary arches, branch arches, Jiaxing archways and Xiangrui archways due to different reasons and contents of recognition. By observing the form, scale analysis of Quanzhou Archway and the historical distribution of different types of arches, it can be seen that the higher the archway level, the more direct and public the support for the current regime, and the implied The more positive the social situation is, the more grand and scaled it is, and the more it tends to appear in the central area of ​​the city. On the whole, the archway of Quanzhou serves as a system and cooperates with built facilities to jointly create the landscape order of traditional cities.