Shanghai | The Disappearing Shikumen

❤Recommended reason: The cultural charm of Shanghai lies not only in the fireworks in the foreign-style houses, but also in the sound, color, light and shadow in the streets and alleys. Recommended: Shikumen Wulixiang Museum. 🌟Highlights: Speaking of Shikumen, many Shanghai people will remember the unforgettable experience of a family living in the pavilion. With emotion, they say, 'I miss the life in the alley, every day I can smell the cooking of each family, full of childhood memories. 📍Detailed address: No. 25 LE LABO (Xintiandi North Store) in Lane 181, Taicang Road Goodbye Shikumen In the late 19th century, Shanghai began to see fine houses built with traditional wooden structures and brick walls. Because the outer doors of these houses are made of stone, they are called 'Shikumen'. There were once more than 9,000 Shikumen alleys, accounting for more than 60% of the total area of fine houses in Shanghai's urban area. Today, with the urban renewal of Shanghai, the Shikumen alleys are disappearing one by one, and people's living conditions have greatly improved, but whenever they see similar situations, they will always be moved. The Shikumen Wulixiang Museum in Shanghai has now become the best place for people to recall that period of life history. Converted from a nearly hundred-year-old Shikumen old house, the museum displays the lifestyle of Shikumen residents at that time from seven spaces designed by Shikumen, including the guest hall, study, master room, old man's room, son's room, daughter's room, and kitchen. Whether spacious or crowded, 'Wulixiang' is the warm memory of old Shanghai people's home. The Dream of Shikumen In this small but full of human world, even if life is difficult, people still have a longing and yearning for a better life. Now with the disappearance of Shikumen, there will no longer be queues for communal kitchens and toilets as in the past, and it will no longer be possible to chat with neighbors while drying clothes on the balcony as in the past. As for the women in Zhang Ailing's pen who wore cheongsams and bought imported rouge powder from the window, they have long turned into an old dream.