南锣鼓巷英文介绍

南锣鼓巷英文介绍 South Luogu Lane 南锣鼓巷Also called Nan luo gu xiang Nan luo gu AlleyNan luo guxiang Hutong.History South Luogu Lane is 786 meters long and 8 meters wideconnecting Gulou East St. on its north and Di’anmen East St.on the south. South Luogu Lane was built in 1267 when YuanDa Du was constructed and was a component of the marketarea in Yuan Da Du’s urban layout which had the imperialgovernment built in the front the market area at the back theimperial ancestral temple on the left and the sacrificial altar onthe right. The lane was part of the ZhaoHui Community in theYuan Dynasty and served as the dividing line between theZhaoHui community and the JingGong Community in the MingDynasty. It was under the jurisdiction of the XiangHuangBanner during the years of Emperor Qianlong and belongedto the Left III Community in the late years of Emperor Guangxuand during the years of Emperor Xuantong. During theRepublic of China years it belonged to the Inner V Community. The Lane was called “Luoguo Lane” in the Ming Dynastydue to its “Luoguo” feature with the middle part higher thanthe two ends. In 1750 the lane got a homonymic name of“Luogu Lane” and was divided into South Luogu Lane andNorthern Luogu Lanenow within the Andingmen Community.The name of the lane remained “South Luogu Lane” duringand after the years of the Republic of China. The hutong wasbriefly called “Huihuang St.” during the Cultural Revolutionand later regained its current name. South Luogu Lane was built under the architecturalconcept of “residential blocks”– with the lane serving as thecentral line dividing 8 parallel hutongs on each side henceforming the outlook of a fish bone or a “Wugong”. Thus thelane was also called “Wugong Lane”. South Luogu Lane is theonly remaining traditional residential area in China that stillfully preserves the chess-board style layout of hutongstypically found in the Yuan Dynasty with its scale quality andhistorical value unmatched by any other lanes. South Luogu Lane was among the first 25 areas listed forhistorical preservation by the Beijing Municipal Government inNovember 1990. Currently within the South Luogu Lane areaone site has been listed for national level preservation 11sites for municipal level preservation and 9 sites for districtlevel preservation. With its impressive historical and culturallegacy South Luogu Lane has become an attractive area fortourism and cultural creativity in the ancient capital Beijing. Today South Luogu Lane is among one of the oldesthutongs around and has a history of over 800 years. This near800-meter long North-South alleyway is filled with bars cafesrestaurants artsy little shops souvenir shops and cuteboutiques. Its worth to spend an hour or two walking throughthe little alley ways and hutongs around it.Location: South Luogu Lane is situated at Beijing’sDongcheng District near the Drum Tower with its northern endat GulouDongdajie Drum Tower East Street Walk East alongGuloudongDajie about 10-15min past the Drum Tower and lookout for the street sign pointing the way to the hutong on yourright-hand side. and the southern end of Nanluoguxiang canbe found at Dianmen East StreetCreative and fashion shopWalk through nan luo gu xiang you cant help to exclamationthe ancient culture and fashion could butt so perfect. Duringthe day you can feel some old Beijing flavor like: hutongquadrangle courtyard and during the night you may wander inthe unique creative shop or optional choose your favoriteitems. Someone said Nan Luo Gu Xiang did the thing that sanlitun has not done.1 / Wen Yu cheese shopIn the alley of Nan Luo Gu Xiang if you find a group of peopleline up outside a shop dont be surprised in line to buy WenYu cheese had become a landscape of Nan Luo Gu Xiang.Located in the Nan Luo Gu Xiang 49 the Wen Yu cheese shopis not big it just has a brown signboard two red wooden doora few pieces of simple table but it is still very famous. It is saidthat the shopkeeper here was a master craftsman and hisancestor is the aulic chef’s disciple. Up to now they still insiston their daily limit they just sell a certain number of cheesesevery day.2 / band-aids 8“Band-aids 8” is a T-shirt shop which condensed the Beijingcharacteristic the boss Jiang Sen Hai is a English boy whomigrated to Beijing. He loves Beijing and he designed T-shirtsto show his love to Beijing. There are many special thingswhich we hadn’t seen for years in his shop such as: enamelred basin old sheet toys childrens tricycle the first a subwayticket in Beijing these things can either become indoordecoration or become T-shirt marks here.3 / pottery workshopLocated in the Nan Luo Gu Xiang 23 the pottery workshop isa good place to realize art dream. Its headquarters located inHong Kong and the company now owns many young artists.The products are original and creative it is really a great placechoose gifts.4 / passer-byOpened in 1999 passer-by is undoubtedly the firstrestaurant to become famous in Nan Luo Gu Xiang .Thebushes and trees are luxuriantly green and the shade of thetrees covers the stone roads. No matter how noisy the streetoutside is the small courtyard always maintains the quietatmosphere and the vicissitudes of life. The bosses are acouple of famous backpacker so here also becomes a focalpoint for backpackers all over the world. The traditionalsiheyun classical furniture mellow coffee have become awonderful memory for numerous tourists.The two kinds of pizzas that are initiated by themselves--shish kebab pizza and kung pao chicken pizza areunforgettable and unique. Sitting at a table near the windowyou may wonder: who regards you as a part of the sceneryAnd whom do you regard as a passer-by in your life5 / Chuanyun bookstoreLocated in the Nan Luo Gu Xiang No.111 Chuanyun bookstore have been set up for 12 years .You can find many olddiscs here and professional art periodicals which makes herea Mecca for artistic young and movie fans.6 / Guitar BarIt is difficult to imagine that we are able to enjoy suchwonderful guitar melodies in the space of 7 square meters.Perhaps it is the best distance to listen to the guitar music.Their playing and singing show the broken-heart love andunrepentant youth. Two guitarists give up their excellentworking environment and come here to keep their own tasteand understanding of music going on just to entertain othervisitors who love playing the guitar. The visitors’ hearts beat atthe same speed of the strings without their consciousness.At Nan Luo Gu Xiang more than 100 stores are busy doingbusiness such as “Single Eyelid” Bar which only acceptcustoms with single eyelid a T-shirt shop called “BellyButton” “12 square meters” Bar which is the smallest one inBeijing etc. Shopkeepers think that showing their creativitiesand moods is more important than how many goods orcommodities they sell. Shopping here is not only for fun butalso to enjoy life. Walking into Nan Luo Gu Xiang you will bethankful that such a lane can be preserved in the middle ofgorgeous urbanization of Beijing where Beijing elements filland stretch. This alley which is both old and modern is famousfor its charm of permanent development as time going by. Wehave to say that it is a miracle. Even if walking out of Nan LuoGu Xiang the atmosphere of it still remains on the corners ofyour clothes. It is worthwhile for us to explore and memory thebeauty of Nan Luo Gu Xiang forever.Bar StreetNan Luo Gu Xiang is a distinctive bar street in Beijing. It is inthe most well-protected siheyun area. The whole bar street ismainly to traditional flats. There are red lanterns hanging infront of the door. The decoration style is traditional andguileless which conforms to the atmosphere that was broughtby siheyun. Differ from sanlitun houhai most of the bars arequiet harmonious and natural. Though it is located inprosperous area it is far from bustle. Nan Luo Gu Xiang ismore relaxing and more close to life. Most of the guests areforeign visitors the future star students from The CentralAcademy Of Drama and mature bars lovers. The guests herecan experience old Beijing siheyun atmosphere enjoy thetime being away from the noise and be relaxed. They can readbooks or work on the laptops or have afternoon tea withfriends or even discuss official business. What deserves to bementioned is that every bar in Nan Luo Gu Xiang offers freeWi-Fi. Most of the food and drink in the bar is quite cheap.They also offer different kind of exquisite snacks both inwestern style and in Chinese style. The bar owners andwaiters are all very friendly and all of this will make you feelquite comfortable just as at your home.