section_path: Main sights/Featured streets and historic towns/Kuanzhaixiangzi Alleys
section_name: Kuanzhaixiangzi Alleys
paragraph_text: Kuanzhaixiangzi Alleys
  
  Kuanzhaixiangzi Alleys (宽窄巷子) were first built during the Qing dynasty for Manchu soldiers. The lanes remained residential until 2003 when the local government turned the area into a mixed-use strip of restaurants, teahouses, bars, avant-garde galleries, and residential houses. Historic architecture has been well preserved in the Wide and Narrow lanes.