It seems that every tourist city will play this card, and a certain place retains the most primitive cultural features and living atmosphere of the city, such as Julu Road in Shanghai, Confucius Temple in Nanjing, Hefang Street in Hangzhou and the ancient city of Lijiang. So we have to face the game between historical significance and commercial value, and as a result, there is no perfect choice.
As long as this place is publicized as a "must-punch place", every worshipper who comes is both a destroyer and a defender. And if the door is closed and completely closed, it will become a legend that is not understood by the world. Isn't it a disappointment and sorrow?
in the autumn of 214, I went to Nanluoguxiang for the first time. There were many shops and stalls at different levels, and the streets were crowded. I had to March at the speed of the big army. I bought several snacks, which were delicious and unpalatable. After walking through this 1-meter alley, I didn't leave any thoughts.
a year later, I started working in Beijing, having dinner with my friends during the break, and went into Nanluoguxiang again. This time, I went deeper and entered a branch lane. In another year, Nanluoguxiang Scenic Area declared to cancel the "3A" qualification, no longer accepted tourist groups, and at the same time carried out business district rectification and residents relocation. During this period, I had done enough "hutong string" and visited all kinds of hutongs in Beijing. After the renovation of Nanluoguxiang, I thought about it and came back.
What's in Nanluoguxiang?
after the rectification, the business district of Nanluoguxiang was upgraded, and the number of shops was reduced from 235 to 154. All low-end street snacks were banned, and the distinctive creative diet was retained. The house has been designed in a retro way, with red doors and blue bricks and gray tiles, and some quaint deep alleys have been found back.
More shops with Beijing folk culture will stay and stay, where you can see folk customs such as New Year Pictures, Sugar Man, Rabbit and so on.
No.113-2 Beiping International Youth Hostel is very eye-catching. There are all kinds of plants in front of the store all the year round. Looking inside from the big glass, there are countless exotic flowers and herbs. The boss's name is Eyelashes, and she is a Qinghai girl. She is committed to building a garden-style youth hostel, and spends as much as 4, yuan on flowers and planting every year. The main consumer groups of hostels are foreigners. It is no wonder that when Nanluoguxiang first became popular with the label of "literature and art", it was greatly publicized on foreign websites.
No.39, East Mianhua Hutong, is the Central Academy of Drama, and it is well known that it is the theater bone conveying place for the performing arts. But now there is a new campus for Chinese opera in Changping, so this old campus is always quiet. Occasionally, students wearing Chinese opera uniforms come to the school gate to buy meals, which is not a prosperous beauty. They turn into the campus with access cards, and when you observe all this, the security guards at the gate will silently observe you.
Chinese opera is a kind of literature that can't be seen or touched, and the literature that can be felt is the No.35 penghao theater next door. This is the first non-profit independent theater invested by the people in mainland China. Its founder is a dentist who loves drama. His name is Wang Xiang. Up to this year, he has held eight Nanluoguxiang Drama Festivals. One third of the funds come from the box office. If there is government support, one third will come from the government. If not, all of them will be subsidized from the income of the dentist's office, with a loss of 5.6 million in eight years. But in order to create and maintain this "utopia" of drama in his mind, he has been insisting.
If you go deep into other branches, you can also find the former residences of various celebrities lurking here, such as the monk's palace in Chaodou Hutong, Rong Lu's former residence in Juer Hutong, Mao Dun's former residence in Houyuanen Temple, Wanrong's former residence in Maoer Hutong, and so on. Although most of the buildings are not complete, it's still worth a visit to experience the vicissitudes of history.
The more important reason for circulating in Nanluoguxiang is eating. Wenyu Cheese Shop eats every time you go. The owner is an old master of Sanyuan Meiyuan. The main original cheese and double skin milk are delicious. Other popular shops, such as Amy's frozen yogurt and Miss Hai's rose cake, are not unusual, but they are complete. In fact, more gourmet shops are buried in the side lanes, and it takes time to explore.
I once ate a Swiss cheese chafing dish called Cheese Honey with my friends in Elesa Hutong. The cheesecake is first-class, and the main cheese pot can be mixed with all kinds of meat and vegetables. For friends who like cheese, it's really a gluttonous feast. Two people spent 3 yuan, and they really couldn't finish it. They wanted to get more than enough.
Suzuki canteen in Maoer Hutong, a very popular Japanese restaurant, beef hotpot, Suzuki patties, Japanese-style roast meat ... every dish is worth recommending, and the decoration in the store is also very warm.
The exotic food in Hutong has its own merits, which is not inferior to Sanlitun, except that Sanlitun emphasizes high-end delicacy, while Hutong shops are small and beautiful. Speaking of it, I also think of an interesting thing: foreigners living in Beijing have regional preferences, and Hutong foreigners and Sanlitun foreigners despise each other.
There are also many grounded foods, such as the ghost-flavored roasted wings in Black Sesame Hutong, which mainly have good pickling technology, special flavor and rich taste, such as mustard flavor ...
For cat lovers, there are also beautiful paradise hidden in their hearts, and they are happy to eat afternoon tea and slap a cat.
I tried to appear in Nanluoguxiang at 8: in the morning. There were few pedestrians and the streets were empty. I walked on the blue-gray mosaic Shi Zhuan and looked at the shops that had not yet opened on both sides, which made me feel relaxed and happy. Gradually, the number of people increased. The aborigines in the hutong crossed the street with breakfast, foreigners looked around with backpacks on their backs, and office workers rode leisurely on bicycles. In another two hours, cycling was forbidden here, and there was no such enjoyment.
cities always need to create a place just like dreaming.