The origin of Three Lanes and Seven Alleys

1. Yijinfang: the first of the "Three Lanes", formerly known as Tongchao Lane. According to the Qing Dynasty's "Rongcheng Archeology Brief": During the Song Dynasty, "Brothers Lu Yun and Lu Zao lived here in Dianxiang County, named Lujin. Later Wang Yixiang went to Jiangdong to serve as a prisoner and changed his name to Yijin.

2, Wenrufang: The second of the "Three Lanes", the name Wenrufang came into existence during the Song Dynasty. According to the "Archaeology of Rongcheng", this lane was "originally named Rulin, and Zheng Mu lived here during the Song Dynasty. , changed its current name".

3. Guanglufang: formerly known as Yuchi Mountain, also known as Minshan, it is one of the "Three Mountains" in Fuzhou. Historically, there was a Faxiang Courtyard in Guanglufang , commonly known as "Minshan Baofu Temple" (in today's Guanglufang Park)

At that time, Fuzhou County Supervisor Meng often visited this place to recite poems, and the monks engraved "Guanglu". The four words "Yin Tai" were written on the stone. In order to thank the monk, he recited a poem: "The sun is always clear and the clouds are happy to come alone. The wild monk inscribed the stone to build the chanting platform. There is no poem comparable to Yan Guanglu. Every time he remembers his visit, he returns. "The name Guanglufang comes from this.

4. Yangqiao Lane: the northernmost lane among the "Seven Lanes". Yangqiao Road was named Dengjunfang in ancient times because it can lead to Yangqiao from the west. The name was changed. Due to the needs of urban construction during the Republic of China, it was expanded into a road, so it was later renamed "Yangqiao Road".

5. Langguan Lane: a Fangbu that existed in the Song Dynasty. "A Brief Archeology of Rongcheng" records: Liu Tao of the Song Dynasty lived here, and his descendants were all Langguan for several generations, so it was named Langguan Lane.

6. Tower Lane: It is said that Qian Hongchu, the king of Wuyue in the Five Dynasties, imitated King Asoka of India. The story of the construction of 84,000 pagodas. Eighty-four thousand small pagodas were built in Zhita Lane for the purpose of storing scriptures.

Because they are shaped like treasure boxes and contain printed scriptures, they are called treasures. The Sutra Pagoda, commonly known as the Ashoka Pagoda, was only symbolic. After the Southern Song Dynasty, the pagoda was destroyed. In the Qing Dynasty, half a small pagoda was built in the lane as a memorial to King Yu. Tower, so it is called "Taxiang"

7. Huangxiang: According to Fujian records, Huang Yuanfang (280-375 AD), a native of Gushi in the second year of Yongjia in Jin Dynasty (308 AD), was also named Yun. Yanfeng fled the chaos and entered Fujian, and settled in Nanback Street, Fuzhou, so it was called Huangxiang.

8. Anmin Lane: formerly known as "Xileifang", it was renamed "Anmin", which is related to Huang Chao's entry into Fujian. According to "Fuzhou Local Chronicles": "When Huang Chao, a peasant uprising army in the Tang Dynasty, entered Fujian, he came to this alley to provide peace to the people, hence the name. "

9. Gongxiang: According to the Qing Dynasty's "Rongcheng Archeology Brief": "The old name is Xianju, named after the Ziji Palace in it. Later, the surnames Cui and Li were changed to Guixian and Juyingda, and Mingde changed their names to Yingda. "The old name is Xianju, named after the Ziji Palace in the alley.

10. Jibi Alley: commonly known as "Jibi Alley". When Zheng Xingzhong, the number one scholar in the Song Dynasty, returned home in glorious clothes, the residents in the alley were injured because they had insulted him. He hurriedly avoided it, so it was called "Jibi Lane" in the Ming Dynasty.