In our interview conducted on July 20, 2024, Ms. Wu, a retired community worker who grew up in Ta Lane of the Three Lanes and Seven Alleys (Sanfang Qixiang) and later took part in the ideological outreach for residents affected by the 2007 relocation, shared her memories and working experiences about this historic and cultural district.
在我们2024年7月20日的采访中，吴女士，一位自幼在三坊七巷塔巷长大、后参与2007年搬迁居民思想工作的退休街道工作者，分享了她在这一历史文化街区的生活记忆与工作经历。
The connection between the Three Lanes and Seven Alleys and her family began in her grandparents’ later years, when they rented a public house in Ta Lane where Ms. Wu spent her childhood and adolescence and her parents spent more than three decades living. Ta Lane was home to five households at the time; while the neighborhood did not have the lively intimacy that a large courtyard compound has, it carried its own warmth.
吴女士的家族与三坊七巷的渊源始于她的祖父母晚年。当时，他们一家在塔巷租借了一处公房，父母在此居住的时间最久，长达三十余年。吴女士在这里度过了她的童年和少年时光。她回忆起塔巷当年共有五户人家，邻里之间虽不似大宅院那般热闹，却也自有亲切。
We also discussed about the architectural layout of the Three Lanes and Seven Alleys, and Ms. Wu’s descriptions were suffused with familiarity and reverence. Her family moved out in the mid-1970s—not because of demolition, but due to the pressure of limited living space, as life became increasingly inconvenient when the children grew up.
我们还谈及了三坊七巷的建筑布局，吴女士的讲述带着一种熟稔与敬意。吴女士一家在20世纪70年代中期搬离了三坊七巷，并非因为拆迁，而是出于生活空间的压力，因为随着孩子长大，生活愈发不便。
Ms. Wu began working at Dongjie Subdistrict Office in 1989, and later got involved in the ideological outreach for residents during the 2007 relocation. During the relocation, the Three Lanes and Seven Alleys had fallen into severe disrepair—many buildings were structurally defunct, and typhoons and floods constantly threatened collapse. Nowadays, the district has been transformed from the narrow, dilapidated, and shops-chaotically-distributed South Back Street into a nationally renowned tourist and cultural attraction.
吴女士在1989年在东街街道办工作，而后吴女士亲身参与了三坊七巷2007年搬迁的居民思想工作。当时三坊七巷已破败不堪，很多房屋已成危房，发台风洪水时常有坍塌。如今，三坊七巷已从吴女士记忆中那条狭窄破败、店铺混杂的南后街，蜕变为全国闻名的旅游文化景区。
At the end of the interview, Ms. Wu urged us to remember that the preservation of the Three Lanes and Seven Alleys has left Fuzhou with a window into its history and culture. She hopes that the younger generation could cherish this heritage, draw strength from it, and carry forward the patriotic spirit and humanistic ideals of the historical figures who once lived on this land.
在采访的最后，吴女士叮嘱我们，三坊七巷的保留为福州留下了一扇历史文化的窗口。她希望年轻一代能够珍视这份遗产，从中汲取力量，传承这片土地上历史人物的爱国精神与人文情怀。
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