# Building Cluster at Longxiangli Alley

> Building Cluster at Longxiangli Alley (LSJZ3-4) is a declared historic building of Hangzhou, listed in 2007. Built in the 1920s.

Canonical: https://hangzhoumemory.org/web/guest/lsjz-content_display/-/asset_publisher/0qkI/content/%E9%BE%99%E7%BF%94%E9%87%8C%E5%BB%BA%E7%AD%91%E7%BE%A4
Updated: 2026-10-30

**Building Cluster at Longxiangli Alley** (龙翔里建筑群) is a group of lane houses in Hangzhou, China, built in the 1920s. The city declared it a protected historic building on 6 March 2007, as number LSJZ3-4 in the third batch of 70.

## What the listing says

The city's description, as summarised on English Wikipedia: Constructed in the 1920s, these buildings are side-by-side dwelling villas lined in Alleys, embodying the transition from traditional to contemporary style.

## Key facts

**Building Cluster at Longxiangli Alley at a glance**

| Fact | Detail |
| --- | --- |
| List number | LSJZ3-4 |
| Chinese name | 龙翔里建筑群 |
| Batch | [Third batch](/third-batch), announced 6 March 2007 |
| Built | 1920s |
| Type | [Shikumen lane houses](/shikumen-lane-houses) |

## Where it fits

Lane houses, called *lilong* or, after their stone door frames, *shikumen*, are terraces of two-storey houses along a narrow lane entered through a gateway. The type spread from Shanghai to Hangzhou between the 1910s and the 1930s. Several of Hangzhou's listed lanes stand east of West Lake; Sixinfang, for example, was built on land of the Qing banner garrison that was cleared in 1913. [All the shikumen lane houses on the list](/shikumen-lane-houses).

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

- [Meihe Tang Residence](/web/guest/lsjz-content_display/-/asset_publisher/0qkI/content/梅鹤堂): LSJZ3-3, 1930s
- [Lakeside Building Cluster](/web/guest/lsjz-content_display/-/asset_publisher/0qkI/content/古城佳话-历史建筑-湖边邨建筑群): LSJZ3-5, 1920s

## 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.
- The text of this page is available under [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

## Frequently asked questions

### When was Building Cluster at Longxiangli Alley declared a historic building?

On 6 March 2007, as number LSJZ3-4 in the third batch of 70 historic buildings announced by the Hangzhou municipal government (杭政函〔2007〕51号).

### What does LSJZ3-4 mean?

It is the building's number on the city's list. LSJZ abbreviates *lishi jianzhu*, "historic building"; 3 is the batch and 4 its place in that batch.