The impression of Beijing is really hard to say. University and two summer after eighth grade, when students first visit to Beijing, it was many years ago the bar, sat on the train twenty to thirty hours, to Beijing University is filled with quarters to lay down their luggage went out wandering around and that is was young.
At that time felt like he was in Beijing, the Temple of Heaven where the plot of rain forest, climbed the Great Wall to the moment of excitement, a leisurely flying in Tiananmen Square the night sky with a kite, in order to see the flag of the night spent in the Chang'an Avenue tunnel, but also of Beijing lovely bus conductor, depriving the middle of the night we have an attitude Pachuang hostel managers, as well as Donglaishun, full poly too, and the street of small restaurants where the noodles. I think I really like.
After a lot of work to go back to Beijing, but hurry before, like the original mind has become more and more faded. Display of the airport taxi drivers asking price, Chang'an Street to work the streets of traffic jams, cold sound of air-conditioned restaurant waiter, I like to look more and more be brought back at that time.
This is back to Beijing for a meeting, this was actually only one night, I feel like to see more of Beijing to see whether all these years is that it changed, or their own change.
Capital Theater to see plays to go
Wanted a good time in Shanghai, a certain drama in Beijing to see the market, anything good, just want to feel the next is difficult to find in other parts of the play atmosphere. So early in the internet booking the tickets, which also took a very big trouble. Most of my colleagues feel that disagree, I am the only one who quietly happy with.
Wangfujing Street, the capital of theater, Friday afternoon, everyone tried to persuade my subway. MTR did not expect the export from the theater come there are still a long way then, several times I began to suspect that he is gone is not wrong Tao. However, this road Wangfujing pedestrian street, in the evening, when, indeed, busy. Colors of the neon lights and fashion crowd, as if a heavy Beijing rigorous memory significantly different.
Capital Theater do not know what year the old building at night was very eye-catching golden floodlights wash. Because it is so beautiful, so I can not help it photographed using a mobile phone as a desktop.
Perhaps because normally see in Shanghai, rarely think of drama, when you set foot on the steps of the capital, a kind of theater is a grand feeling.
Theater, the lights gradually dark down, one after another filled the surrounding seats. Looks more like middle-aged audience, but also a lot of people seemed to know all the same unit in the greeting. Do not know as I do just because I like the admiring is not a lot. In the body of night work is performed at the same time Jay Chou concert, concert is said to end half a Beijing traffic jam. Young people of this age, I suddenly felt a bit worried.
Show was about to begin, actually see Wu Yi also to see them perform, then I have not seen what the various aspects of society that ordinary people excited in Shanghai. It really is the capital, a rare look at the play cold-called the encounter a deputy prime minister, really beef it.
It was a talk about SARS during the Beijing Hutong inside story of drama, I was concerned that would not all be talking about great truths, the result is greatly surprised me. The story of those who live in Beijing taste of the dialogue, a color of the show, really fascinated me. Throughout the theater, the audience was an interesting dialogue sometimes amused laughter, sometimes tears were touching scenes attracted. Until the last curtain call, when the entire audience to stand up brilliant performances for the actors standing ovation.
Come from the Capital Theater, the first thing to tell a friend hastened to call to Beijing to see drama, value!
From the alley to the petty bourgeoisie culture complex
Beijing has given people the feeling that it's atmosphere, including Beijing's people, Imperial root, how can we avoid the atmosphere of the truth. So, that Beijingers should be denounced petty bourgeoisie. Surprise, had also been confirmed that years ago, a friend brought from Beijing to Shanghai Xintiandi East Enchantment, the result is seen as downright boring place.
I heard that Beijing recently, after a very popular sea the location is quite a petty bourgeoisie, that is quite unexpected for me, the atmosphere began to keen on how Beijingers Petty complex of it.
That Shichahai somewhat like a new world, especially the lotus is also the entrance of the market-chu with a Starbucks. I sat in the outdoor lake drinking coffee waiting for a friend, familiar with the feeling yourself some trance where they are. Night is the day after Mid-Autumn Festival, Shanghai cloudy can not see the moon, but I was immersed in the thousands of miles away felt the gentle moonlight in another city.
Decided to walk around along the Shichahai, that man-made lakes this is not what it meant, simply because it is experienced in years, it seems very valuable, especially in the tree-lined lake, quiet and subtle and did not expect that Beijing has so gentle place. Shichahai really lively night then, every one regarded bar tables and chairs placed outside, basking in the moon lit candles. Attitude elegant waterside willows sway in the wind rippling the water candles, arrayed in a small boating lake wine opera, of course, a variety of color bars in front of an alternative taste of the enjoyment of the Beijing people. Such a scenario, really let me forget that they are in Beijing, then a touch of laid-back feeling, as if in Lijiang, returned to the busy Square Street.
Finally the sea at the end of a bar in the former sit down, many people, less lively, but it is my favorite, there is a very comfortable sofa, you can put a man in nest inside. Suibi Take this hand, look at a magazine (unfortunately only a fashion magazine, but still can not find the travel magazine), music is a bit decadent Chill out, the whole atmosphere of the bar is comfortable and Yong Lan's. Drinking a bottle of beer, this time like to have a little bit of alcohol companion. After a blink of an eye on the middle of the night, planning to leave, when suddenly wondered where they going to be here though, and the impression of Beijing is not the same in the end is their own wish wrong in Beijing, or Peking Man has changed, I do not understand.
Beijing experience
Always loved the feeling of walking in a foreign land, walking in the street with the whole people are nervous, of course, is not just tight with their wallets and cell phone. And the usual numbness, which was written in Shanghai and Hong Kong can not be some kinds of sensitive and delicate state of mind. As if the senses are open the whole body, every cell in an intention to appreciate all the details of the surrounding.
- Beijing's subway
The last time went to Beijing subway, or the university, when the Shanghai Metro has not yet built, it feels really fresh. However, how the subway is the old feeling of the old, gray, and that does not make people like.
Therefore, the subway still some frustration from the Trade Station underground shopping malls, come to an end Guaige Wan, sensory and time seems to go back a decade, not in the same century.
Gives the impression that the subway platform or a dull gray. Metro tickets are paper, and by the staff responsible for each of Lou Daokou Sipiao it to work so I can not imagine the peak look. Metro escalators and, like Hong Kong is also a sign that read right-hand stand, but many people still turn a blind eye to stand on the left, this sometimes makes me feel numb teeth, wait for them to throw the lift Lin Zhu of their collar and then ask them the right knowledge is not literacy.
Beijing and Shanghai's subway is so I can not help Hong Kong, Xiang Nianqi filled with neat user-friendly and convenient to subway. Fortunately, Beijing's subway cars like a new replacement for China, even a little bit of progress, are the people pleased. More complaints than the bar, but a little bit of hard work, I think.
- Tiananmen Square
Many times to Beijing travel, work work all over Tiananmen Square, see much more and did not feel anything. The drama of the weekend watching the night with a taxi driver suddenly rise so that night I went to see Tiananmen Square. I know I'm also going to look for memories, and in 2078 before the summer, in the crowded square kite-flying, spend the night in the Chang'an Avenue tunnel, only to be able to get up early in the morning to see Tiananmen Square flag-raising ceremony, do not know where the other night to watch the flag was also more limited. Night of the Tiananmen Square, the street lights shine, looked very atmosphere of the castle surrounded by colored floodlights in the rendering looks transparent under the magical, as if back to the years at the time. Little Driver, the car was very slow, while the direction here and there told me that he and I chatted days, so that he guessed I come from, but also feel warm.
- Temple of Heaven
Weekends out of time to see the Temple of Heaven, braving sun, for the memory Napian rain forest. Sure enough, the woods are still, still flourishes with, but the sun looks somewhat different. Sun split the shade on the green grass on the left traces of gold, it was intense feeling, not a memory of rain delicate soft look. However, what it is, but also very fond of. Temple and the like in China, Dao Shi similar, no feeling to look at.
- Not the same service
Beijing's service, gracious impression they did not know, maybe that is the city of Beijing to give a special temperament. I'd does not matter, but some liked Chongrubujing benefits. But the Grand Hyatt for coffee to go along with foreign colleagues may feel that by neglect.
I seemed to like working at Starbucks, after the sea of small boys. Unfortunately there is no drama around watching day in cash, an empty stomach went straight to Starbucks, where the expectation of all credit card POS machines. How wretched POS do not want it can not operate, let me anxious look had been placed in the slide plate Muffin straight saliva. The little boys rushed to repair the side of the POS machine, one side said to me, "You're eating on the first bar." I feel like I look like a bit of joke, although not really eat them, but it is because of his warm sense of this sentence.
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Passed all these years, I feel the impression that Beijing has been very difficult from a simple like it or not to express. Beijing is a multi-faceted, from the perceptual to the rational need to spend a lot of mind to understand. I hope I can on the details bit by bit to get to know Beijing, to change the impression of Shanghai people in the eyes of Beijing, of course, would also be preferable to change the number of Peking Man in the eyes of some of Shanghai feel.
September 20, 2003 Saturday, 3:50 p.m. in Shanghai
Author: vivien75
