# Building Cluster at 57 through 59, Dajing Alley

> Building Cluster at 57 through 59, Dajing Alley (LSJZ2-18) is a declared historic building of Hangzhou, listed in 2005. Built in the 1920s.

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Updated: 2026-10-30

**Building Cluster at 57 through 59, Dajing Alley** (张小泉剪刀店旧址) is a former shop or works building in Hangzhou, China, built in the 1920s. The city declared it a protected historic building on 1 July 2005, as number LSJZ2-18 in the second batch of 47.

## What the listing says

![Building Cluster at 57 through 59, Dajing Alley](https://hangzhoumemory.org/photos/lsjz2-18.webp)

*Building Cluster at 57 through 59, Dajing Alley (张小泉剪刀店旧址). Photo: 猫猫的日记本, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Original_Site_of_Zhang_Xiaoquan_Scissors_Store_2014-11.JPG).*

The city's description, as summarised on English Wikipedia: Constructed in the 1920s, this two-floor building is in timber structure, the former site of the famous Zhang Xiaoquan Scissors Store.

## Key facts

**Building Cluster at 57 through 59, Dajing Alley at a glance**

| Fact | Detail |
| --- | --- |
| List number | LSJZ2-18 |
| Chinese name | 张小泉剪刀店旧址 |
| Batch | [Second batch](/second-batch), announced 1 July 2005 |
| Built | 1920s |
| Listed address | 大井巷57、59号 |
| Type | [Shops and factories](/shops-and-factories) |

## Where it fits

Hangzhou's 2013 regulations name workshops, shops, factories and warehouses that represent the history of industry as one of the grounds for listing a building. The list includes old-established shops of the Qing and Republican eras around Zhongshan Road and Hefang Street, the transfer firms of Xixing on the canal, and factories and warehouses built between the 1950s and the 1980s. [All the shops and factories on the list](/shops-and-factories).

It belongs to the [second batch](/second-batch), announced on 1 July 2005: 47 buildings, including 1920s lanes, university campuses of the 1950s and 1960s, Hangzhou Gymnasium and the villas of Lingyin and Shengtang roads.

## What the listing protects

A listed building may not be altered, moved or demolished without approval. Under the [regulations in force since 1 October 2013](/protection-regulations), each listed building has a protection plan and a sign put up by the city, and falls into one of three protection categories, from keeping its main exterior features to keeping its exterior, plan, structure and details.

Its owner, or for a state-owned building its user, is responsible for upkeep and repairs, and a repair plan must be approved first. The listing does not open a building to the public: most listed buildings are still homes, offices, schools or shops.

## On the same street

- [The Former Site of Zhuyangxin Plaster Store](/web/guest/lsjz-content_display/-/asset_publisher/0qkI/content/朱养心膏药店旧址): LSJZ1-68, qing dynasty
- [Building at 27, Dajing Alley](/web/guest/lsjz-content_display/-/asset_publisher/0qkI/content/古城佳话-历史建筑-大井巷27号建筑): LSJZ4-21, early 20th century
- [Buildings at 29, and 31, Dajing Alley](/web/guest/lsjz-content_display/-/asset_publisher/0qkI/content/古城佳话-历史建筑-大井巷29、31号建筑): LSJZ4-22, early 20th century

## Sources and licence

- Description: adapted from the English Wikipedia article [List of second batch of declared historic buildings in Hangzhou](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_second_batch_of_declared_historic_buildings_in_Hangzhou), [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).
- Chinese name, period, address and remarks: Chinese Wikipedia, [杭州市历史建筑](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/杭州市历史建筑), CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Listing: Hangzhou municipal government notice 杭政办函〔2005〕193号 of 1 July 2005.
- Photo: 猫猫的日记本, [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0), from [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Original_Site_of_Zhang_Xiaoquan_Scissors_Store_2014-11.JPG). Photos credited to "hangzhoumemory" or "Laohangzhou" were uploaded by the former heritage portal; Hangzhou Memory is not connected with it.
- The text of this page is available under [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

## Frequently asked questions

### Where is Building Cluster at 57 through 59, Dajing Alley?

The city's list gives its address as 大井巷57、59号, Hangzhou. Chinese map apps and taxi drivers will recognise the address in Chinese.

### When was Building Cluster at 57 through 59, Dajing Alley declared a historic building?

On 1 July 2005, as number LSJZ2-18 in the second batch of 47 historic buildings announced by the Hangzhou municipal government (杭政办函〔2005〕193号).

### What does LSJZ2-18 mean?

It is the building's number on the city's list. LSJZ abbreviates *lishi jianzhu*, "historic building"; 2 is the batch and 18 its place in that batch.