Parkview Green shopping center locates at 9 Dongdaqiao Rd, Chaoyang, Beijing 100010. Photo courtesy Xu.
北京市 朝阳区东大桥路9号, 侨福芳草地购物中心
This building took twelve years to complete, done in 2012, which considered long in China. The magazine AC Architectural Creation had a piece on it, published three years after, read on zhihu. The sculpture group in front of the building, depicting life in a variety of ways, is vivid.
《AC建筑创作》2015年第1期
This temple is Built in 1420. It’s behind Tiananmen, opposite to ZhongShan Park. Photo courtesy of Victor.
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In 1950s: A beautiful drawing from the following post on News Sina caught my eyes. The caption reads: A bird’s-eye view of Qianmen (Front Door) in the 1950s, by Zhao Xishan. This article is about the memory of 孔庆普 Kong Qingpu, how old Beijing was demolished.
五十年代的 鸟瞰前门, 赵锡山老人手绘图
回忆:我是怎样拆掉北京城墙的
从1368年起，历经明、清两代，北京的城墙基本成型，至民国时期整体布局依然得以保存。新中国成立初期，政府也对旧城进行了考察、修复工作。但自1953年起，风向转变，首都交通改善工程大步向前迈，城墙、城门、牌楼成为
It seems that I haven’t been to Beijing airport for a while: you go through security check first: they’re right up front, in your face. Since I’ve a few pieces, a young man mentioned to me to just go ahead. When I hesitate, he became rather unpleasant. Oh well.
Once inside, I immediately saw the vantage point of Forbidden City, which I just went two night before.
What interesting, I ran into the same flight attendant on my Pei-Sea, who was on my JFK-Sea too. Oh well.
Hanhe Rd, Haidian District 万安公墓
Beijing, China
The Cemetery has a subway (Metro) station across the street. The parking is small and fee based by someone other than the cemetery.
Looking for old information, I went to Xicheng West End District Archives.
To remake their cities (and perhaps to show their achievements while in the office …) and aggressive developers, old historical remnants are being demolished, fast.
Qingdao: the 18 meter high fire watchtower on GuanXiang Road (望火楼; 1905-2009) on the western edge of the old observatory, and the train station (1901-1991) – the current train station is moved back 15 meters.
Ji’Nan: the old train station (1912-1992; by German architect 赫尔曼舍尔) and the two story commercial building (八卦楼; 1914-97).
A young man contentedly lounging on a chair, having his era cleaned in Chengdu‘s Wide Alley (Kuan Xiangzi宽巷子), 2019.
The #ear-wax-cleaning business is seen in China, from what I’ve remembered. It used to be in the #bathhouse with a simple stick. But now is more elaborated with a headlight … This video was taken in Chengdu, Sichuan China, in the Wide Alley (Kuan Xiangzi, 宽巷子) on Sunday, Oct 13, 2019.
#四川 #成都 #挖耳朵 #掏耳屎
Here is an article from bbc in 2018: In China, Chengdu
Xicheng Dist., 西城区
Beijing, China
According to Old Beijing, this street was so named after a Wudao Temple 五道庙 from 1607, which was Ming Dynasty. The length is 238 meters from NE to SW. The beginning and end to Bada Hutong 八大胡同. In 1965, changed to the current name.
旧北京网 五道街，位于大栅栏地区西南部，东北至西南走向。南起南新华街南端，北至铁树斜街、樱桃斜街、堂子街、韩家胡同的交会处。全长238米，宽10米。门牌1-21号，2-80号。此街明代称五道庙，因有五道庙得名。五道庙建于万历三十五年（1607），明兵部尚书王象乾曾撰文，立
Baishun 百顺胡同
Dongdan, Beijing
From PUMC, we came to this famous area. The Eight Great Hutongs is a geographic term, referring to the area SW of Qianmen 前门, at the corner of S Xinhua Road 南新华街 and ZhuShiKou W Road 珠市口西街. Huang Bridge subway is near by.
A tour guide is soliciting business, who charges $17 (
This house on Dashun Hutong in Bada Hutong hasn’t changed much. The railings on the second floor are falling off. Dilapidated is an understatement. The bathrooms in the neighborhood although updated but the smell is very strong.
