Alley
衖 Church (Shanghai dialect: lhongdhang, pronunciation :) is a kind of Shanghai based on the building of the city community, refers to the city in a street into the streets of the residents of the community, also known as "Lane Lane", Shanghai And the distinctive culture of Wuhan. "Alley" The original meaning refers to such a residential area in the alley, and "Lane Lane" the original meaning refers to such residents of the building. Alley is similar to Beijing's alley, Nanyang's lane. The second half of the 19th century to the first half of the 20th century, most of the residents of Shanghai residents of the use of Lane Lane "Lane Lane" type system, such houses include the form of the town of Shikumen, there are rows of single-family houses or apartment buildings , Rows of houses formed called "alley" alley. The larger residents of the area there are tributaries, summed up to get connected with the streets. Most of the buildings are "XX", "XX", "XX Square", "XX Village" or "XX Village" and the like, such as "Xingren", "safe" and so on, become this alley The name of the community. ...