Okay, here is the translation following your instructions: Street Photography: The Collector's Edition

Author: Yin Wen
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Publish Date: 2006-07-01
Features: Bridge names as lane names are very common in southern Jiangnan cities, and also found in northern regions. Bridges span key intersections, connecting streets and lanes. Thus, bridge names became local place names. Some city bridges, due to river channel changes or siltation, were abandoned and eventually collapsed, but the lane names remained, such as Desheng Bridge Lane, Yuanmen Bridge Lane, Fengbu Bridge Lane, Sanbu Liangqiao Lane, Wanhuang Bridge Lane, etc. Today, when you walk into these lanes, you hear the bridge names but see no ancient bridges. Only through the lane names can you imagine the beauty of past water markets, waterways, arched bridges, plank bridges, and suspension bridges.
The lanes are long and deep, resembling a long dragon, so some are named after dragons as well, such as Longtouguan Lane, Longbe Lane, Yitiao Long Lane, Gunding Long Lane, Erlongkeng Lane, and Longshou Lane. In fact, they are all lane names. Ancient fengshui masters used dragon veins to analyze mountain ranges, water flows, and geographical features. They believed that water bends three times had dragon energy, and certain mountain ranges had dragon energy. As a result, street and lane names, as well as local aliases, came to include "Dragon City" and "Dragon River." A lane by the water might be called "Dragon Head Lane," while one on a higher elevation might be "Dragon Back Lane," and a place at the end of the earth's veins might be "Dragon Tail Lane." Nanjing has lane names like Zhuanlong Lane and Shuanglong Lane, with legends often tied to the movements of emperors and princes.
"The Four Hundred and Eighty Temples of the Southern Dynasties, how many pavilions are shrouded in mist?" Lane names based on temples are also very common, filling small lanes with the fragrance of incense and the sound of chanting. Taking Nanjing as an example, there are Weiduo Lane, Luohan Lane, Baitasi Lane, Dabi Lane, and Puhua Lane. More lanes are simply named after temples, such as Longwang Temple Lane, Qisheng Temple Lane, Shigongpo An Lane, Erlang Temple Lane, Shou'an Temple Lane, Nianhua An Lane, Jingzhong Temple Lane, Jiulian An Lane, Land Temple Lane, Dongyue Temple East Lane, Sanzhu An Lane, Xinghuo Temple Lane, and Land Hall Lane, among countless others. It’s almost a rule: if a lane has a temple, it’s named after that temple—easy to recognize, convenient for burning incense, and thus, lane names based on temple names became natural.
In reality, monasteries, shrines, and temples from Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism can all serve as lane names. For example, Zanhua Palace Lane, Qionghua Temple Lane, Shitaosi Lane, and Deguandi Lane. Over time, people shortened them to Zanhua Palace, Qionghua Temple, Shitaosi, and Deguandi.
In the past, villages were often named after surnames, such as Huangcun (Yellow Village), Jiangcun (Jiang Village), Wangcun (Wang Village), Liucun (Liu Village), Chen Village, and so on. When villagers moved to cities, due to clan and blood ties, they often settled in clusters. For instance, within a single lane gate, an entire clan might live together, and the lane could be called a "Zongmen" (main gate) or simply "Lane." For example, during the Ming and Qing dynasties, salt merchants from Huizhou's Shixian settled in Yangzhou, including the Baxing clan from Yuliang Town who lived in Yinsijie, forming a large clan settlement. They occupied an entire lane, which even had smaller lanes within it. Thus, they inscribed "Ba Zongmen" on the lane gate, turning it into a local place name. Other examples include Cai Zongmen and Yang Zongmen.
In the lane of Changjiang, house branches are organized, and within the Zongmen,