# Building at 4, Bishengmiao Alley

> Building at 4, Bishengmiao Alley (LSJZ3-37) is a declared historic building of Hangzhou, listed in 2007. Built in the early 20th century.

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Updated: 2026-10-30

**Building at 4, Bishengmiao Alley** (比胜庙巷4号建筑) is a villa in Hangzhou, China, built in the early 20th century. The city declared it a protected historic building on 6 March 2007, as number LSJZ3-37 in the third batch of 70.

## What the listing says

![Building at 4, Bishengmiao Alley](https://hangzhoumemory.org/photos/lsjz3-37.webp)

*Building at 4, Bishengmiao Alley (比胜庙巷4号建筑). Photo: 猫猫的日记本, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Building_at_4,_Bishengmiao_Lane_02_2015-07.JPG).*

The city's description, as summarised on English Wikipedia: Constructed in the early 20th century, it is a 3-store villa in wood and brick-clad, embodying the transition from traditional to contemporary style.

## Key facts

**Building at 4, Bishengmiao Alley at a glance**

| Fact | Detail |
| --- | --- |
| List number | LSJZ3-37 |
| Chinese name | 比胜庙巷4号建筑 |
| Batch | [Third batch](/third-batch), announced 6 March 2007 |
| Built | Early 20th century |
| Listed address | 比胜庙巷4号 |
| Type | [Villas](/west-lake-villas) |

## Where it fits

Villas are one of the largest groups on Hangzhou's list. Most were built between the 1910s and the 1940s, when officials, bankers, doctors and merchants from Shanghai and Hangzhou built houses on the roads and hillsides around West Lake and in the city's newer streets. Typical features are two or three storeys of brick, or brick and timber, sloping tiled roofs and a mix of Chinese and Western details. [All the villas on the list](/west-lake-villas).

It belongs to the [third batch](/third-batch), announced on 6 March 2007: 70 buildings, including stone-gate lanes east of West Lake, Republican-era shops, and the canal-side houses and transfer firms of Xixing and Changhe.

## 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.

## Next to it on the list

- [Building at 9, Sanyuanfang Alley](/web/guest/lsjz-content_display/-/asset_publisher/0qkI/content/三元坊巷9号建筑-2): LSJZ3-36, 1870s
- [Buildings at 152, and 154, Hefangjie Street](/web/guest/lsjz-content_display/-/asset_publisher/0qkI/content/河坊街152、154号建筑): LSJZ3-38, late 19th century

## Sources and licence

- Description: adapted from the English Wikipedia article [List of third batch of declared historic buildings in Hangzhou](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_third_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 杭政函〔2007〕51号 of 6 March 2007.
- 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:Building_at_4,_Bishengmiao_Lane_02_2015-07.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 at 4, Bishengmiao Alley?

The city's list gives its address as 比胜庙巷4号, Hangzhou. Chinese map apps and taxi drivers will recognise the address in Chinese.

### When was Building at 4, Bishengmiao Alley declared a historic building?

On 6 March 2007, as number LSJZ3-37 in the third batch of 70 historic buildings announced by the Hangzhou municipal government (杭政函〔2007〕51号).

### What does LSJZ3-37 mean?

It is the building's number on the city's list. LSJZ abbreviates *lishi jianzhu*, "historic building"; 3 is the batch and 37 its place in that batch.