Is Kuanzhai Lane narrower than Kuanzhai Lane?

Kuanzhai Lane is a large-scale ancient street left over from Chengdu. Together with Daci Temple and Wenshuyuan, it is also called the protected block of Chengdu's three famous historical and cultural cities. Do you know the origin of Kuanzhai Lane? In addition, this hutong used to be called Hutong.

Kuanzhai Lane, which was founded in the Qing Dynasty, is the only remaining two of the 33 Qing soldiers hutongs in Chengdu, belonging to a quadrangle-style building.

In the fifty-seventh year of Kangxi (17 18), Junggar invaded Tibet.

After the Qing court sent 3000 officers and men to quell the rebellion, it chose 1000 soldiers to stay in Chengdu permanently, and built the whole city-Shaocheng, which was designated as the residence of the Eight Banners military camp and their families as a forbidden area.

Among them, the west entrance of the wide alley is the red flag station, and the west entrance of the narrow alley is the red flag station.

At that time, the name was not Kuanzhai Lane, but Xingren Hutong and Taiping Hutong respectively.

It was not until the early years of the Republic of China that this name with obvious northern style was replaced by "Kuanzhai Lane", which has been in use ever since.

Concentrate north-south folk customs

Because the children of the Eight Banners live idle and pursue enjoyment, this area has become one of the cradles of leisure culture in Chengdu.

Blue brick walls, quadrangles, high gatehouses and flower skirts have both the characteristics of southern Sichuan folk houses and the connotation of northern folk culture.

With the deepening of the old city reconstruction movement in Chengdu, more and more old buildings, hutongs and residential areas have been replaced by modern high-rise residential and commercial buildings. However, "Kuanzhai Lane" has sprung up in the ruins of urban transformation. The original residents have opened teahouses and bars with local characteristics in the alley, and more than a dozen people are crowded in the street less than 200 meters away.

In these two alleys, the smell of "old Chengdu" is getting stronger and stronger, and quiet street life scenes such as bowl-covered tea and bean curd rice are still tenaciously reproduced here ... Teacher Lin Wenxun believes that Kuanzhai Lane is the last relic of the urban pattern of "a thousand-year-old city" and the original architectural pattern of a hundred years, and is also the "orphan" of the northern hutong culture and the southern architectural style, the most famous new "business card" and today's Chengdu.

Kuanzhai Lane: Leisure Life in Old Chengdu

"Wide alley represents the most Chengdu and popular folk culture; Aboriginal people, Longtang Inn, exquisite doorways, buttonwood trees, and the old teahouse under the eaves of the street ... constitute the unique scenic elements and Chengdu vocabulary of Kuanxiang. The wide alleys present modern people's memories of a city. " Wang Huayin talked while turning over the planning book. The old man drank tea peacefully in front of the old teahouse, the cat dozed lazily at his feet, the buttonwood tree cast mottled shadows, and a pair of thrushes hung on the trees in the courtyard ... In the wide alley, the Old Chengdu Native Life Experience Museum will become the cover of Kuanzhai Lane and the tourist center. Will focus on the spirit of life in Chengdu represented by Kuanzhai Lane. The experience hall will show the life scene of an ordinary Chengdu family during the Republic of China, restore the family's kitchen, study, hall and new house with yard, and present the living conditions of old Chengdu to visitors. The audience can also listen to the old Chengdu people posing in a dragon gate array decades ago, watch Chengdu girls embroider Shu brocade, and watch shadow play, puppet show and impromptu calligraphy at night. In terms of business format, Kuanxiang will form a situational consumption leisure area with the theme of boutique hotels, private dining, characteristic folk dining, characteristic leisure teahouse, characteristic inn, characteristic enterprise club and SPA. Kuanxiangzi

Narrow alley: the "slow life" of old Chengdu

"This narrow alley is the characteristic of slow life in old Chengdu." Chengdu is a land of abundance, and the narrow alley is Chengdu's "home". One is for collection, and the other is for enrichment. The transformed narrow alley shows the quadrangle culture in Chengdu. Courtyard, the feeling of heaven, the touch of the earth. This courtyard culture represents an elite culture and a traditional elegant culture. There is a garden in the house, a house in the garden, a yard in the house, a tree in the yard, a sky on the tree, and a moon in the sky ... This is a Chinese quadrangle dream and a narrow alley life dream. Through the transformation, the narrow alley is mainly planted with golden bamboos and climbing plants, and the streets are decorated with simple wall lamps. The courtyard facing the street will show its essence through the window. Narrow alley will form an exquisite life taste area with the theme of western-style catering, light catering, coffee, art leisure, healthy living museum and characteristic cultural theme shop.

Jingxiangzi: Chengdu People's "New Life"

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"The positioning of Jingxiangzi is a new life for Chengdu people." Through planning and renovation, Jingxiangzi will become the most open, diverse and dynamic consumption space in Kuanzhai Lane-the modern interface of Kuanzhai Lane-and enjoy colorful food in the most beautiful historical block in Chengdu; Enjoy colorful nights in the most exquisite traditional buildings in Chengdu; Enjoy the joy of free creativity in Chengdu's most classic long alley. "Jingxiangzi will form a fashionable and dynamic entertainment area with the theme of bars, nightclubs, dessert shops, wedding venues, small retail, light catering and creative fashion." Wang Huayin revealed that Xiaoyanglou Square will be the most distinctive building in the alley. It is said that the French Xiaoyanglou used to be the private residence of a big family, and later it became a church. This small French-style building shows Chengdu's tolerant and open mind. The square with Xiaoyanglou as the core will become the central node of the mine. At the same time, it will become the theme consumption place of love and marriage, the classic venue of love and wedding, and the only endorsement of sweetness and fashion. Kuanzhai Lane was transformed and officially opened.