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the Broad and Narrow Alley
Being in the list of Chengdu Historical and Cultural Protection Project, Broad and Narrow Alley is compod of broad alley, narrow alley and across alleys, among which, there are a lot of traditional courtyards, or Siheyuan.
攻克难关Some very old alleys in Chengdu where some important people had lived. After its reconstruction, the Broad and Narrow Alley has been reopened to pubic and is now, one of the hottest tourist destination in Chengdu.
A bit about its history
According to documents, Officers lived in tho broad alleys, while the Eight Flag members lived in a narrow alley that was parallel to the broad one.
The courtyards among the alleys were developed pretty well with the development of the Qi
ng Dynasty. However, the alleys were constructed into western-styled architectures at the late Qing Dynasty; and during the period of the Republic of Chinathe owners of the courtyards were changed into some noble families, and ever since then, the structure of the alleys remained till now.
禁毁小说弃女打一成语Why the alleys have been descended?
Becau they were so unnoticeable. The south area to the Shao City was not a good area, and was not on reachable transportation lines either. We can say that this area is the forgotten area of the city construction. The imperial city has disappeared; city walls have been destroyed; most of the city architectures are vanishing too; nowadays, Broad and Narrow Alley ems to be carrying the responsibility that it shouldn't carry.对唱歌曲100首老歌
球王贝利Broad and Narrow Alley is the last remaining part of the old Chengdu. The discovery of the alley made people realize the value of it. In 2003, reconstruction was started and the alley was gradually opened to the public.
Reconstruction
The dispute about the reconstruction was pretty vere. In 2005, a dramatic scene can be en along the street: some artist sit around, drinking tea and talking, while right beside them was the loud machine working for the reconstruction.
How to reconstruct it? There were two ways. One was to emphasize on its protection by the government, but the government couldnt afford it; the other was all about business, but the protection of the alley could not be fulfilled. Theres got to be a way in between, which was to balance the residence area and business area.
At the beginning, people thought about imitating Shanghais style; however, this idea was denied becau the structures of the two cities are completely different. Shanghai has more western architecture while Chengdu only has traditional layout, which didnt have the qualification to be like Shanghai. Therefore, the protection to the origin style of architectures idea was pasd. The layout, style of architectures had to be remained, and all the construction material had to be traditional.
To balance the residence and business area, a lot of people had to move out. After the re
班干部的职责construction, there were only 100 houholds (out of 900) that remained. Tho who remained here can be div ided into 3 kinds of people: the rich, departments that belonged to the government and tho who really had strong feelings about this alley.
