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The City at Night One third of the day, we work. Another 1/3, we sleep. We keep the precious rest to ourselves for fun. Work
The City at Night One third of the day, we work. Another 1/3, we sleep. We keep the precious rest to ourselves for fun. Work
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2013-06-17
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The City at Night
One third of the day, we work. Another 1/3, we sleep. We keep the precious rest to ourselves for fun. Work may change at any time. Time slips away in bed. Only nightlife is immortal. Forget about your daytime worries and get lost in this wild, nighttime playground.
Beijing: In Search of Happiness
Compared with Shanghai and Guangzhou, Beijing’s nightlife seems less charming. Even Beijingers would have to agree. Whether it is due to climate or custom, Beijing’s nightlife doesn’t hold a candle to Guangzhou or Shanghai. However, there are still places for you to go and enjoy the night.
Don’t worry about having the latest nightlife guide. The Sanlitun bar strip remains the most popular and recognizable bar district in Beijing. Most of the patrons are young and like to play just as hard as they work. If you’re looking for a more intense night, try the disco halls or Karaoke clubs(more commonly known as KTVs, short for Karaoke Television).
Want to experience a traditional Beijing night? Try Laoshe Teahouse in Qianmen for its original flavor. Sip the culture of the old city from a cup of tea or watch the traditional Beijing opera in an elegantly furnished building. Don’t forget to shout "Bravo!" for the brilliant performers!
Another place to visit is the Shicha-hal Bar Zone. Shicha-hai is a natural lake with a 700-year history. Since Beijing is short of water resources, Shicha-hai is considered a blessed place. While the rest of the capital city is on the express train to modernization and globalization, Shicha-hal is one of the few places where you can still hear the singing of insects and stroll around old Siheyuan(traditional style single story houses with rows of rooms around the four sides of a courtyard).
These bars have one thing in common, unattractive outsides and unexpectedly charming insides. Old compounds and vogue trends have their proper place, making Shicha-hal sexy.
If you go hungry and want to try something special in a restaurant, don’t miss Guijie in the eastern part of the city. The food vendors on the street thrive after 2 a. m. The most popular color here is the red of the lights that stretch along the street, and the most mouthwatering cuisine is the spicy crayfish. In the hot days of summer or on snowy winter nights, this street is always a hot hit.
You can try all kinds of Chinese cooking along this street that is no more than 1500 meters long. The food is cheap and the service is good. Most of the restaurants are in business around the clock. Your only worry is about how to eat it all with only one stomach!
It’s easy to overlook familiar sites but it is a mistake to do so in Beijing. Keep yourself curious, explore the city and the Beijing nights won’t desert you.
Shanghai: Players with Taste
Shanghai nights are a mixture of cigar smoke, jazz and red wine with a lingering fragrance of romance. It appeals to all your sensory organs and can be an emotional experience.
Shanghai is the most Xiaozi city in China. Xiaozi refers to a specific life style and spiritual pattern practiced mainly in white collar and intellectual(知识分子) circles. It is characterized by the pursuit of individualism, extraordinary and refined tastes and exquisite and graceful lifestyles.
Paoba(loitering in bars), is quite Xiaozi. Pao means soaking, an accurate metaphor of what one does in a bar—soaking oneself in a relaxing atmosphere as in a hot spring, soothing your flesh and soul with good wine, music and conversation.
The people in Shanghai put emphasis on the style of Paoba. There are a host of exotic, top grade bars in the city, most of which are clustered on the renowned Hengshan Road, which used to be a lofty uptown area during the French Concession in the early 20th century. The styles of the bars are as varied as the sponsors themselves and without exception, delicate and unique. Bourbon Street is passionately American, Sasha’s Restaurant and Bar is elegantly English, Zanglong Fang is modem -classic Chinese, Yesterday Once More is reminiscent of the good old days in Shanghai in the 1920s, True Love is a camp of new-new generation of youngsters who have novel ideals, and are always ready to try out new fashions and new lifestyle. People of all ages, characters, and tastes can find a place here.
The New Oriental Plaza is another chic place for Xiaozi to spend their time. Many businessmen talk to their hearts’ content during Paoba and some even iron out problems unsolved on the negotiating table.
Poet, writer and fashion critic Ms. Lu, who is now living in Shanghai, is a Paoba lover. "I just love the atmosphere of peace and elegance," she said, sitting on a stool in the "Shanghai Hour" bar. "It is really a joy to whisper sweet words here." She said she sometimes invites other writers for a brainstorm session in bars, which have become a spring of inspiration for her.
"Bars are a living index of fashion, you can feel its pulse. Remember that most of the bar-goers are fashionable people," said Lu, who writes fashion columns for magazines and newspapers around the country. "I spy on them, and get to know what is going on. That helps me a lot in my writing."
The life of the bar is the dream of the city. It pumps vigor into the veins of the city. Everyone can savor the pleasures of nightlife in Shanghai for free. It’s not just for the Xiaozi anymore. Take a stroll along the prosperous Bund(Wai Tan) or go shopping in malls. Both of these activities can be quite enjoy-able at night. After dinner, old grandma Liu, a Shanghai native, goes for a stroll in the Bund fan in hand. She has been keeping the same routine for decades on summer nights and is a witness to the Bund’s ever-changing look over the years.
This is Shanghai, a city where even its nooks and crannies radiate charm and prosperity at night. Guangzhou: Heavenly Food
It is hard to categorize the city of Guangzhou. It is fashionable, yet it is more than skin deep. Commercial, yet it has a long history and proud culture. It is beautiful, down to earth, kind and tolerant but seething. It is nothing, as well as everything. Only one thing can be said for sure, Guangzhou never sleeps.
Hundreds of years ago Guangzhou was a major oriental port where spice, tea, silk, china were shipped and unloaded. This busy activity kept the city awake day and night. Since Guangzhou is close to Hong Kong, they share some similar nightlife scenes: massage salons, footbath houses and Cantonese restaurants.
Guangzhou boasts the most varied and colorful nightlife in the country. For many people in Guangzhou, it has become part of their daily routine and never lacks excitement.
Nightlife is called "Pujie" in Cantonese. Pu, a kind of floating grass, represents the state of drifting along, sinking and emerging. Jie means street in Chinese. Hence pujie means sauntering along the streets. Pujie starts from 10 p.m. and reaches its first climax at midnight.
Although night market isn’t the best thing about Pujie, it is a dose of dope. In the 1980s the first sleepless night market of China opened in Guangzhou. Wanderers can eat throughout the night and into the next day. The most crowded places are invariably teahouses, restaurants and Da Pai Dong(sidewalk snack booths).
People in Guangzhou love food. They say "food is heaven" and the city is a heaven of food. Guangzhou is most praised as well as complained about, for its grass-roots atmosphere, particularly the Da Pai Dong. Rich or poor, intellectual or illiterate, everyone has equal footing in the realm of the Guangzhou night.
By the Pearl River, there is another place to bring an appetite—the Xigong Street of Seafood. It is said to be the biggest in Southeast Asia, with over 30 seafood restaurants and thousands of tables in the open air. It is not until after 9 p.m. that this paradise hits its stride. Wine and mora chips are plentiful, as are the voices that provide the audio backdrop to this nighttime gem.
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解析
文中只是交代了Beijing’s nightlife seems less charming,并没说北京出去享受夜生活的人就一定比上海和广州的少。
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