“过了南门大桥——也就是万里桥,向右手一拐,是不很长的西巷子,近年来修了些高大街房,警察局制定的街牌便给改了个名字,叫染靛街。”这是李劫人先生在《大波》一书中对清末民初时染靛街的记述。这表明染靛街原先并不叫染靛街,而叫西巷子,即便新中国成立之后,许多“老成都”仍习惯称染靛街叫西巷子。此街原为染靛业集中之地,故后来更名染靛街。街长246米,宽7米,沿街多平房店铺,街南曾有解放南路旅馆、城南粮管站、饲料公司、成都制锁厂…… “After the South Gate Bridge - that is, the Wanli Qiao, turn to the right hand, is not very long Xixiang Zi, repair some tall houses in recent years, the police station to develop a street card will give a name change, called dye Indigo Street. ”This is the account of Mr. Lee Jai-man in his book“ Da Bo ”in the late Qing dynasty. This shows that the Indochinese Street was not originally called Indigo Street and called the Western Alley. Even after the founding of new China, many “old Chengdu” still accustomed to calling the Western Alley. This street was originally used for dyeing indigo industry, so later renamed Indigo Street. Street 246 meters long, 7 meters wide, multi-storey shops along the street, South Street had Jiefang South Hotel, the South grain station, feed companies, Chengdu factory lock ... ...