In fact, every city has many old streets and alleys, and every city has a memory about alleys, and Zhenjiang is no exception. Zhenjiang is an ancient city, and many alleys are still in the city center. Ancient courtyard wells, white walls and black tiles, and the unique charm of Jiangnan are all hidden there. In the past, many street names had historical stories. Ask an old man on the roadside where a street is, and he can show you the way, and even tell you an anecdote about this street with great interest. For example, Da Die Lane, Little Dad Lane, Gongbo Lane, Fish Lane ... Just by listening to their names, you will think that they are alleys with stories. However, with the transformation and demolition of the old town of Zhenjiang, many traditional old streets and lanes are gradually disappearing or being replaced by other new names. According to statistics, in the past thirty or forty years, at least a quarter of the streets and lanes in the old town of Zhenjiang have disappeared.

Those alleys crisscross and are hidden in the downtown area. Compared with the spacious and straight streets, it is dwarfed and incompatible with high-rise buildings. But from ancient times to the present, the story of alleys with heavy history continues every day. They recorded many people's history and unforgettable childhood. ...

Friend Juan said that she grew up in an alley, and her husband was a playmate who grew up together in the alley. Neighborhoods are familiar with each other and have something to say hello to. Neighborhood is like a family. After marriage, she lived in an apartment. Once the door was closed, she could never find the intimacy in the alley. When her parents were old, she tried to take them to live together, but they were always rejected on the grounds that they could not live without their familiar neighbors. It was not until the house was demolished in the transformation of the old city that I had to leave the alley where I had lived all my life. Juan said that although the old houses are gone, her mother still remembers them for a long time, and sometimes she will go back alone to have a look. ...

Life in the alley is carefree. The old houses in those alleys contain a lot of historical and cultural information, as if to tell you their stories ... while preserving the most traditional way of life in China. Although some things have drifted away and become our nostalgia, some are still there, but the taste is not as good as before ... but it still makes people feel that the hometown of city people is in the alley. Admittedly, no one can blame the construction and development of the city, but some alleys with profound human history should also be better protected. This is not only for an alley, but also for the protection and inheritance of the city's historical and cultural heritage.