New Beijing, which sells for 100,000+, and Beijing, with a monthly rent of 100,000+.
“I will definitely get lost when I go in.”
Magan came to China and wandered around the hutong all day. She feels that this building is very charming and can escape the legacy of the industrial era, and it is very precious. In contrast to British architecture, they also have the mysterious charm of exotic civilizations.
Every morning, when there are the fewest visitors in a day, some people will run along the wide road outside the hutong, enjoying the feeling of only their own heartbeat in a world of sloping roofs, bean juice shops, old trees, and bicycles. Then the sun rose, the number of people increased, and the world returned to modern times.
Non-Beijing girl CICI gets along with the big house every day. She is the head of a Hutong B&B in Beijing. When she came to Beijing two years ago, she still likes to stand on the terrace of the yard, looking at the large courtyard community where the pits are rushing. On the other side is the reinforced concrete building that reflects the modern industrial strength in the International Trade Zone. She feels like a station. In a historical moment, one side is the old culture and the other side is the new world.
CICI’s homestay is a large compound in the East 44th district. She and the partner invited the designer to renovate it, leaving three old houses in the middle, and the basic structure was changed to loft. Part of the area is completely demolished, and the glass exterior is a new-style building with a steel frame structure, combining simplicity and modernity.
CICI sat in front of the bar and turned over the snow scene video taken in the yard last winter. “It’s really beautiful.”
The B&B has hosted a 50-year-old aunt who was born in this alley and grew up here before moving to Wuhan. When Auntie was old, he began to remember the old courtyard and made a special trip to see it. She pointed to the persimmon tree in the hutong and said, “It is here when it is small.”
When spring, the old man will climb the ladder with his neighbors to pick up the fragrant scent. “Looking at them, I feel that the courtyard is really good. This kind of market and human feeling is not in the building.”
The landlord of the property has already immigrated, and later moved to a foreign country, but every time he returns, the landlord will remember his few trees and water the kettle to water them.
“The people are gone, the trees are always there,” CICI thought.
Leasing this yard, CICI and her friends pay the landlord a fee of 50,000 yuan a month, which is half the price of a house rented by ordinary channels. “The next door is also a homestay. The rent is 100,000 a month. It has risen to 120,000 this year. They closed in July and opened in August last year.”