There are ten lanes in Paifang Street in Chaozhou, five of which were once called "rich lanes", and many tourists have never walked through them.

Speaking of Guangdong tourism, I have to say Chaozhou ancient city. The most popular tourist punch points in Chaozhou ancient city are Paifang Street, Guangji Bridge and the ancient city wall. Every holiday, Paifang Street is always crowded with people, and the scene is even worse than the New Year's Fair. Few people go to the "Ten Alleys of Paifang Street" which is connected with Paifang Street at a 90-degree angle.

Five streets in Lane 10 of Paifang Street used to be inhabited by civilians, and the five streets near Kaiyuan Temple in the north were inhabited by celebrities and dignitaries, which used to be the most famous "rich area" and luxury residential area in the city.

Paifang Street's "Five Alleys in the Rich Area" includes Jiadi Alley, Yijing Alley, Zaoxiang Alley, Xiangxiang Alley and Xingning Alley, among which Jiadi Alley has the largest number of luxury houses and is relatively popular.

Jiadi Lane retains the street pattern and building scale in Ming and Qing Dynasties. The length of the alley is less than 200 meters, but the number of houses has reached dozens. Some houses have closed doors, so we can only guess the master's prominence by the murals on the outer walls and the stone carvings above the doors. Some old houses are subletted to merchants to open inns. The good thing is to restore it as before and do a good job in cultural relics protection.

The representative houses and gardens in Jiadixiang include Banyuan, Dafudi, Zizheng and Rulin, and you can feel the spirit of literature and art from the name.

Among the five "rich alleys" in Paifang Street, Xingning Lane is relatively unknown, and the existing houses look ordinary from the outside, but the Dafu Land in the alley has obvious characteristics. This building was built in the late Qing Dynasty, facing south, with three houses and one backpack.

Many buildings in Xingning Lane are closed. Only the red couplets on both sides and the top of the gate, as well as the big lanterns that don't look shabby, tell passers-by that this place is not unattended.

There are several antique houses in Yijing Lane. Wu's painting style is elegant and meticulous. The owner's life staged a drama of self-improvement, and he developed from selling goods to becoming a rich man. The Wu mansion he built is worth 2200 gold and is called "palace" by people.

Jujube Lane and Vinegar Lane are the two closest alleys to Kaiyuan Temple. Jujube fragrance used to be the kitchen of Kaiyuan Temple, and vinegar fragrance was the place where sesame oil was stored. We can find clues from the names of two alleys.

The kitchen driveway is 302 meters long. Zhu Zhai, Han Confucian Academy and other folk houses are representatives of elegant architecture, as well as Linwen No.22 and No.22 houses built in the late Ming Dynasty.

From the colorful paintings at the entrance of the mansion, we can see the aesthetic taste of wealthy families in those days. These paintings are mainly based on folklore and historical allusions, which were very popular in Chaoshan area from the Ming Dynasty to the early Republic of China.

Xiangyi is the northernmost of the ten lanes of Paifang Street, where Weng Wanda, the minister of war of the Ming Dynasty, once established the "Weng Ancestral Hall". Building 27 of Zhuang, which was mainly built in the late Qing Dynasty, and Building 40 of Chen, which was built by overseas Chinese businessmen, are the most representative architectural heritages.

Xiangxiang is very quiet, and tourists seldom come here. Its legend needs to be carefully understood.