In addition to eating, washing, leisure and entertainment, there is another important aspect of Shanghai people's alley life: trading. For many Shanghainese, the alley is not only a unique place to live, but also the main place to buy and sell goods and understand the market. Many small commodities are bought and sold in the alley, which constitutes another form of alley custom full of Shanghai street customs. In the old society, the most common and lively hutongs in Shanghai were those selling snacks and snacks. From early morning to evening, all kinds of food stalls keep flocking to all the streets and alleys in Shanghai, and all kinds of hawking sounds echo in all the alleys in Shanghai, creating a strong flavor of Shanghai alley life. Lu Xun said in the article "Talking about Ancient and Modern Lane Merchants": "This is the sound of selling snacks inside and outside the lanes in Zhabei area four or five years ago. If it had been recorded at that time, I'm afraid there would always be twenty or thirty kinds from morning till night. Those slogans are really beautiful. I don't know if he looked for vocabulary mud from' Late Ming' or' Late Ming Essays', or what. It really makes me look like a countryman who just arrived in Shanghai.

Seven "most" and "most" modern alleys in Shanghai.

Alley is a typical feature of Shanghai architecture, and Tianzifang is one of the characteristics of Shanghai. There are not only dancing figures in old buildings, but also the charm of modern new alleys.

Nowadays, Tianzifang, which is full of tourists, was formerly known as Zhicheng Square. This is an alley on Taikang Road. Located in Lane 2 10, Taikang Road, Shanghai. This small street in Dapuqiao area was a road market before 1998.

Lane is a unique residential form in Shanghai, which was once closely related to the lives of thousands of Shanghai residents in Qian Qian. How many stories, how many allusions, how many celebrities and how many memories are closely linked with Shikumen and pavilions. It can be said that without alleys, there would be no Shanghai, let alone Shanghainese. Hutong is the most important part of modern Shanghai.