Shanghai Lao Chengxiang
(Sun and Moon Tan)
Not used to eating refined panning m, widest range of ethnic supermarkets in the semi-processed vegetables, resulting in a stew pot of sorghum, millet gruel the idea of baking a sweet potato; living alone are used to single out Kobo into to see if tired of the city's high-rise building, so with the living environment to another to walk in the mood. As Shanghai people, the nearest one-for-fun environment, in the new, expanded day by day amid the din of the city after fleeing to the city of the central Lao Chengxiang go and see.
Lao Chengxiang is located in Shanghai, China Shanghai Nanshi Road, Renmin Road, take the ring circle. In this piece of less than 7 square kilometers of the Old City area, hold the story of the history of Shanghai. As early as the Southern Song Dynasty Xianheng three years (1267), Shanghai began to build towns; the Yuan Dynasty Yuan twenty-eight years (1291), Shanghai Construction County; Ming Jiajing Sanshiernian (1553), Shanghai to build walls in order to Imperial Japanese pirates. Jiaqing the Qing period (1736-1820), the Shanghai has developed a "leap of Tong-chun, southeast of the city." Circumference of 4.5 kilometers of the ring, the Lao Chengxiang is today known as the city of Shanghai. Today's Lao Chengxiang, where there has not been a high-rise buildings block the sky and see a small cramped life of the people on the street warm alcohol original environment, where there are childhood memories familiar streets and old trees. Fall into the old town to see a day, the pursuit of life is in a different mood.
Perhaps in gradually dismantling the old warehouses Street retreats near the road, arched gateway to the number of the Qing Dynasty famous figures who lived through the Guojie Lou; Yun Ju Temple mottled brick wall near the door on the small building, is to hang out on the balcony of a wooden pick I do not know who stands overlooking lay in this; Fu Street, Lane 58, in a criss-cross the Shikumen community, the wall is about 5.4 meters high wall, under them the dilapidated bicycles, Liang Zhao colorful underwear, double - fans inside the open black Shikumen mounted on the wall in the middle of the patio door as full of junk. Courtyard left, middle, and right on three sides would have been positive housing, opposite the door of the reception room, followed by set up the staircase. However, because of residential life, distress, and right and left sides of this for the bedroom wing, already cut for the countless "Shanghai a person", "Liangshiyiting." Is behind the house attached to the Ministry of housing, used as a kitchen, miscellaneous house or storage room attached to house, erection of timber roof top terrace, have also been sent I do not know how much to bear. Only Shikumen Zhuanke on the stone, Weiqiang on the moss, is also facing a significant life story once big family.
Chen Kam Road Onkyo and the daytime on the corner of that house tea and a tiger stove, today do not know whether it still. The year before last fall, is such a good sunny weather, where I switch to swim. I photographed the old photos of the house, so that shells Ge cobblestone road caress his foot, inadvertently, I turn around and suddenly saw the wife and children tea. That tea house door wide open facing the corner, one side is a traditional big stove, in Shanghai before the fifties, so that the tiger stoves everywhere, childhood in a penny a bottle of bubble water, two cents can be filled with a Tang Pozi impression on the mind spontaneously. Kind of a modern city, karaoke bars bluff ok leisure trappings of the concert hall is different from the tiger stove Youhei put 34 of their stores in the small table, two or three patrons Kaobi sat in front is a pot of tea 2 lamp cup peas. Wooden pole placed at an angle in front of a list: a big row of face, big meat, noodles, chili sauce noodles, vegetarian chicken noodles, noodles with pickled vegetables, onion oil face, big and small wonton ravioli, louvres knot each 3 corner. The two older patrons is the real Shanghai people's sake, perhaps traveled Esa terminals, have seen big market, so they face the camera, smiling indifferently, not scared no loud noise.
Tour in Shanghai Lao Chengxiang turn to see the day, particular days will be a kind of feeling blue, only a slit in the street alley Road, will see the new amendment of the Yuyuan Tourist Mart's rust red picture angle cornices, remind you of city Life was still not far from the Pentium. Filled with small commodities in ground Tanqian view, will a kind of back to the old house, back to your childhood in peace, noise and commotion behind commodity tide of the moment disappeared. Constant Liulianwangfan site, you will naturally do not need money or buy back the need for, or to spread on the commodity, because you think you bought the good feelings associated, is fantastic, "childhood-time."
Author: riyuetan
