Sichuan online reporter Hua Xiaofeng photo report
In September 2018, time out, the famous British travel guide magazine "Time Out" selected the "50 coolest city blocks in the world" on the occasion of its 50th anniversary. Chengdu ranked 19th on the Palladium Street List, along with Manhattan in New York, Pekkham in London, and The Multicultural Street in the Capital of Madrid.
2009 / 2020
On May 30, 2009, the old residents of Huang umbrella Lane in Chengdu had a farewell meal before relocating.
In October 2020, the 320-meter-long Huang Umbrella Alley, which is connected to Lan Kwai Fong and followed by Shui Jing Tang, appeared in front of the world in a new posture.
The street, known as the "urban cell", has tentacles that extend throughout the city. In today's Chengdu, modern skyscrapers and traditional old streets and alleys blend into the same space, without interfering with each other and reflecting each other, becoming a nostalgic scenery on the streets of Chengdu. By combing the urban context, implanting functional formats, improving landscapes and transforming streets, squares and scenery, the old streets and alleys of Chengdu have been reborn. The "Eight Streets, Nine Squares and Ten Scenes" that are currently being planned and built allows the memory fragments of history and culture to be preserved in the neighborhood, and they are integrated with the new scenes to show chengdu's "international style".
2010 / 2020
In 2010, the Huaxing Street in Chengdu in the lens is permeated with the atmosphere of Chengdu's slow life, where you can easily find the original texture and color of old Chengdu.
On October 13, 2020, the clerk of a coffee shop on Huaxing Street in Chengdu was sorting out the dining table, and the transformed Huaxing Street characteristic block was integrated into new formats such as cultural creativity, coffee, and leisure, and retro fashion was woven together in this small street.
Chengdu Huang umbrella lane is named after Gu Ruxiu, the editor of the Hanlin Academy in the Qing Dynasty, who was given a yellow satin canopy to insert outside the palace gate. On May 30, 2009, the old residents of Huang umbrella Lane ate a "dam banquet" before moving, and in the following 10 years, this alley on the Jinjiang River in Chengdu gradually "disappeared" from the public eye. For 10 years, it was just a back street and alley hidden in the Shuijingfang area, with a bustling liquor store in front and a high-end cultural museum in the back, and it became an ordinary unloading channel. In 2020, this 320-meter-long Yellow Umbrella Alley, which is connected to Lan Kwai Fong and shui Jing Tang, is back! Walking in Huang umbrella Lane, the residential style architecture of Western Sichuan brings people into the past time, and the dining, handicrafts, snacks and beauty along the street show the trend side to passers-by. In the narrow alley, you can meet young people taking wedding photos from time to time.
2018 / 2020
In 2018, the old dormitory building of Chengdu's "82 Community", which was built in 1956, has been facing many problems such as old houses, messy greenery, and aging roads for many years.
On October 12, 2020, the "82 Community" located at the intersection of the construction of the first ring road in Chengdu has just changed its appearance, and this 60-year-old community exudes chengdu's unique fireworks and city smell.
Less than 100 meters away from Huang umbrella lane, Dachuan Lane was originally a famous "express delivery street" around Hejiang pavilion, and the alley that was not wide gathered nearly ten express delivery companies, once into the block, the cargo tricycle occupied the lane, the express delivery was stacked all over the ground, and it was inconvenient for residents in the community to enter and exit. Today, it has been given a new positioning – the "urban art district". Walk through retro-style arches, and the 150-meter-long street is home to more than 10 shops, including children's art training, original galleries, light food bars, and you can also punch in front of the art installations welded in gold metal.
In 2020
On October 12, 2020, the public toilets in the third section of Renmin South Road in Chengdu were beautified in combination with the zodiac culture.
On October 12, 2020, Chengdu Zaozi Lane, which was crowded every day during the National Day, restored its former tranquility, and this ordinary alley, which once had no sense of existence, instantly became one of the popular streets in Chengdu with a stunning posture.
In October, in addition to the completion of the 27 projects of Chengdu's "Eight Streets, Nine Squares and Ten Scenes", such as the One Lane and Three Alleys of Mengchaiwan Street, the Traditional Chinese Medicine Cultural Tourism Block of Zaozi Lane, and the First Opening Area of Music Workshop, a series of new points were added, including Huaxing Street, Music Workshop Philharmonic Ring, And Xiangxiang Road Guangcai Lighting Scattered Flower Building.
On the evening of October 12, 2020, Chengdu Yulin Fourth Lane Love Corner Cultural and Creative Street has been lit up, relying on the renovation of old houses, this alley has become a model of Chengdu's humanistic and living atmosphere.
On October 13, 2020, the heart-shaped light sculpture of Chengdu's Beimenli Love Lane Characteristic Block was dazzling, and this 670-meter-long small street with the theme of love culture and night economy as the main business is focusing on creating a city flavor and fashion model.
Remember the East Avenue, Zaozi Lane, Qingyang Palace, Wangjiang Tower... All glow with a new glow. In 2021, Tianfu Jincheng will fully present the "Eight Streets, Nine Fangs and Ten Scenes" before the Universiade, when about three or five friends, take a rickshaw or a black canopy boat, to these old streets and alleys, together to find the nostalgia in your memory.
Electronic version on October 19, 2020