20180825 上海舞蹈之旅(4) - 新天地

In my Jornery to Shanghai, I visited three Longtangs. What is Longtang? Longing is a traditional community composed of alleys in Shanghai, just like Hutong of Beijing, or Tonglau in Hong Kong. It is the major residential area of Shanghainese, as well as the culture from the late 19th century to late 20th century. With the development of the society, Shanghai now is full of high buildings and many Longtangs have been rebuilt.

在上海旅程中，我到訪了三個上海弄堂。弄堂是什麼？弄堂是上海一種由小巷組成的傳統社區，就等同於北京的胡同、廣東的唐樓群等，是上海十九世紀末到二十世紀末中，上海居民主要生活的地方及文化。隨著社會發展，今時今日的上海高樓林立，很多的弄堂都已經不見了，剩下的都已被改建。

 

 

In my previous posts, I had introduced two Longtangs. Tianzifang is now a tourist spot. Cite Bourgogne seems to have been hidden from the modern city. And I will introduce Xintiandi, which got a completely different result from the two Longtangs introduced. Today, Xintiandi is Shanghai’s most prosperous dining and fashion district.

我到訪的三個弄堂中，其中的田子坊及步高里都已介紹過了，田子坊今天成為了旅遊熱點，步高里則似已隱沒在時代中，而我今天介紹的新天地也有與它們截然不同的命運，今天的新天地是上海最繁華的餐飲時尚區。

 

When I read some information of Xintiandi, I found that Tianzifang, Cite Bourbogue and Xintiandi were a kind of Shikumen. Shikumen is one type of Longtangs, which was mainly built in the early 19th century. It is a mixture of tranditional Shanghai and British houses, and we can say SHikumen is unique in Shanghai. With the development of Shanghai, Shikumens in Shanghai were slowly demolished, leaving only a small part to stay.

在翻查資料時，我發現原來田子坊、步高里及新天地是石庫門的一種，石庫門也是弄堂，不過它是上海十九世紀初期的弄堂風格，由上海傳統建築融合英國傳統排屋而成，可說是上海獨一無二的產物。隨著上海的發展，當年的石庫門慢慢被拆掉，只餘下小部份留下來。

 

 

Xintiandi is one of them. Unlike Tianzifang and Cite Bourgogne, Xintiandi undergoes a big change. It is now the hottest spot in Shanghai. With the appearance of Shikumen, it is equipped with modern restaurants and shops, combining the modern and traditional, Chinese and Western.

新天地正是其中之一，而與田子坊和步高里不同的是，新天地被大規模改造，至今成是為上海的最潮熱點，以石庫門的外表，配上現代餐廳及商店，真正融合了現代與傳統，中式與西式。

 

Just far from Xintiandi, I had seen shops with modern brands and traditional old bricks houses. I knew I had got to the right place. The Longing here is obviously renovated unlike Tianzifang and Cite Bourgogne. It is equipped with roads and footpaths. Everything looks clean and tidy. When I came closer, I found the building where the first National Congress of the Communist Party of China took place.

從遠處望向新天地，已見到一座座古舊石磚屋配上現代潮流品牌的特式商店，我知道我走對地方了。這裡的弄堂明顯與田子坊和步高里不同，是經過修輯的，已配上了馬路、寛闊的行人路，一切都顯得乾淨整潔。走近一看，原來中國共產黨第一次全國代表大會正在這裡舉行。

 

 

Stepping into Xintiandi, we saw different high-end brand stores. On the pedestrian were all seats of restaurants and bars. There was a small fountain in the center, with the statue of Fulushou.

踏進新天地，一家又一家的高檔品牌店盡在眼前，行人路上盡是餐廳、酒吧的座位，中央的一個小噴泉，放著福祿壽的雕像。

 

 

I went around and went into a small alley, which finally gave me the feeling of Longtang. But the neat decoration made it lack of some sense of realism.

我左穿右插，插進一條小巷，終讓我有一點弄堂的感覺，可惜過於整潔的裝潢讓它失去了一點真實感。

 

 

In an article talking about Xintiandi, the author said, “Foreigners feel Xintiandi very “Chinese” and Chinese feel Xintiandi very” modern” I wonder if there is any conflict? It seems like every thing very Chinese is old? Xintiandi may be the best example of the conservation of Shanghai Longtangs. Although it lost the function of residential, it is now a brand new shopping and fashion centre, not only providing new meaning to traditional Longtang, but also bring Hugh income to developers.

我記得在一篇文章看到作者這樣說：「新天地給外國人的感覺很中國、給中國人的感覺卻很現代。」不知這是否有矛盾衝突？倒像是中國的東西就一定是舊的。新天地可說是上海弄堂保育再生的最佳例子，雖然它失去了居住的功能，但卻成為了全新的購物時尚中心，不但為傳統弄堂賦予新的意義，也為發展商帶來巨款收入。

 

It’s the end of my Shanghai Journey. Thanks for watching!

說到這裡，我的上海舞蹈之旅系列要結束了，謝謝大家觀看！

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