【读者文摘】A Look at China: City of Shadows Slideshow

渔音谦谦

原文地址：http://www.rd.com/your-america-i ... a/article82620.html

Images of the courtyards and alleyways of China show old merging with new

Dawning of a new age: The huge dome of Beijing's arts center hovers over the hutongs like an alien spaceship.

Out with the old, in with the new: The hutong neighborhoods are being razed while gleaming new stores and hotels are raised.

Chipping away at the past: A wall of China comes tumbling down.

Endangered habitat: The Liu family noodle shop.

A curio-filled stall that will be marked for extinction.

Student Liu Yuezhang and her father with their prized pigeons. They live in the same centuries-old hutong neighborhood as the author.

A man on an electric bike -- a big trend in Beijing (mopeds aren't allowed). The man is carting a case of empty Yanjing beer bottles to return them for the deposit. Everything is recycled! The dog is a clear sign of another growing trend in the neighborhood: As disposable income rises, so does pet ownership.

Students at Coal Lane Elementary school. The buildings here were hastily erected following the 1976 earthquake. Notice the simple brick, rather than courtyard grandeur.

The new Wal-Mart landed like a spaceship, with traditional lanes and homes of hutong surrounding it. The particular lane shown here-- along with many others like it -- is marked for destruction.

Prolong Life Street (Yanshou Jie). This neighborhood's market lane made a visiting urban planner marvel, "Everything you need for life, save for perhaps open heart surgery, is within a fifteen minute walk!"

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