I answered the landlord's question directly: this city is good!
why is it good? I reposted an article to let everyone know about Haikou!
About the city of Haikou [repost ]
There are some weak things in human nature, which are often more obvious in some cities. In my opinion, Haikou is such a city. From this perspective, Haikou can be said to be a more emotional city.
Like all the more emotional cities, Haikou once had an outburst of passion. It was in 1988, and there was a youthful indulgence of "1, talents going to Hainan", which swept the land of China like a trend. At the same time, like all sudden great passions, after the outbreak, it is extremely sloppy and decadent for a long time, and even a little degenerate. All this is unfortunately verified in Haikou. After the upsurge, Haikou fell into depression and desolation, and at the same time, it was reduced from a development hotspot to a pleasure center, and the air was full of consumption and enjoyment desire. Haikou later positioned itself as a tropical coastal tourist city. For a tourist city, some relaxation, some sensory enjoyment and even some romantic stimulation are all reasonable, excusable, just right and appropriate.
I want to briefly describe the perceptual map of Haikou here.
Haikou should have two centers. One is the old city centered on Jiefang West Road, and the main part is several old streets, such as Changdi Road, Zhongshan Road, Deshengsha, Shuixiangkou, Boai Road, Xinhua North Road, Jiefang East Road, etc. Several streets are still dominated by arcades in the 192s and 193s. This area is the favorite area for Haikou locals.
the most impressive thing about the old street is its liveliness. The old street is lively. People in Hainan love to be lively. Live a lively and lively life. It's noisy everywhere, especially those dad teahouses that Hainan people like to soak most. Dad Teahouse is a unique scenery in Hainan. Dad's teahouse is mostly scattered in a corner of the old street dominated by arcades or under a big banyan tree somewhere on the edge of the city. Dad's Teahouse is a place for retired dads to chat and make friends. There is no decoration, a few tables, some chairs, extra-large electric fans (some of them have air conditioning now), and then a pot of strong tea with sugar, a few big tea bowls, and some melon seeds, peanuts or snacks. However, for a few dollars, it is enough for three or five dads to talk for an afternoon, slowly shaking a big cattail leaf fan and breaking up at dinner. Dad tea represents a leisurely and serene life. In recent years, even young people in their twenties like to make dad's tea, smoke barefoot, and a lot of people make irresponsible remarks, instead of working hard to earn money. I really don't know whether to be happy or sad.
another center in Haikou, centered on Haixiu Shopping Street, flourished only after the province was established. The current popularity here is comparable to that of Jiefang West Road, and even has the potential to surpass it. The prosperity of Haixiu Road in this area has been at the beginning of the establishment of the province. When the province was established, there were already two earliest three-star hotels, Haikou Hotel and Wanghailou Hotel, which were known as "Green Island White House", and then East Lake Hotel, as well as a four-star pavilion, the tallest building in Haikou at that time and the 24-story international financial building. They form a golden triangle with the East and West Lake and the adjacent People's Park. This is also the intersection of three main streets in Haikou: Boai Road, Haixiu Road and Haifu Road. The circular turntable where the three roads intersect is around a pool. This area is called the triangular pool, and some people call it the triangular land. The triangle has become the center of Haikou step by step. First of all, the business of several hotels is good, and anyone with some so-called status likes to live in this area. The dance halls in several hotels are also on fire, and gradually they have become the most luxurious entertainment places in Haikou. How many people have spent a lot of money in them and let life slip past them. Nowadays, teahouses, cafes and beauty salons are next to each other in this area, and they are crowded from morning till night. It's really strange why these people don't have to work, and where there are so many idle people in Haikou. Mostly men, of course. Because Haikou may be one of the few cities in China where the service industry is the main industry and accounts for a very high proportion of the gross national product. The service industry is dominated by women, so there are more women than men in Haikou, which spoils men even more. Haikou men are also famous for their laziness.
another interesting area in Haikou is the financial and trade zone. This is an area where office buildings are concentrated. The so-called real estate bubble fever happened here in the early 199s. It used to be so dense that dozens of high-rise buildings were suddenly shrugged, but now many of them have become unfinished buildings. Now it's famous as a gourmet street. Haikou is an immigrant city, and foreign residents account for half of Haikou, so all the major cuisines in China have representative restaurants in Haikou. The food street of Jinlong Road in Haikou Financial and Trade Zone has concentrated these representative restaurants, including Hunan cuisine, xinjiang cuisine cuisine, Northeast cuisine, Northwest cuisine, Nanchang cuisine, Anhui cuisine, hubei cuisine cuisine and Yunnan cuisine. Because Haikou is a tourist city and provincial capital, there are more guests coming from south to north. They come for business, tourism and meetings, so the business of these restaurants is booming all year round. Seeing that the business of foreign restaurants in Haikou is so good, some people lament that Haikou's economy is not depressed, in fact, more than half of it is due to the reasons I just mentioned. Hainan's four famous local foods "Wenchang Chicken", "Jiaji Duck", "East Goat" and "Hele Crab" all have headquarters in this area, and Hainan's local snacks, such as abalone powder, Qingbuliang, stewed beef brisket with wax gourd and sour melon sausage, can also be seen everywhere. Not to mention seafood. When you come to Haikou, seafood is the freshest and cheapest, and it can be found everywhere. Moreover, Haikou may be the most complete place in the country. Needless to say, seafood. As for the mountains, Hainan Island has Wuzhi Mountain, which is nearly two kilometers above sea level. Now there are wild boar, bison and wild vegetables on the mountains. Unlike the delicious Cantonese, these things have to be imported from Yunnan and Guangxi. Some areas of Wuzhishan have not been visited so far. Of course, the state protects animals and we must resolutely refuse to eat them.
There is also a Haidian Island, which is separated from Haikou by a bridge, but its environment is quieter and more elegant than that of the urban area. Some of the more advanced villas in Haikou are on the island. There are also several five-star hotels concentrated on the island. There is also a bar street on Haidian Island. The earliest bar in Haikou, Snowhouse Bar, was opened next to Huandao Hotel, a five-star hotel on Haidian Island. At that time, it was mainly aimed at guests of Huandao Hotel. Some guests can't sleep at night and want to find a place to sit and have a drink. That was around 1992. I later wrote a novel "Blue Bar" in the background of the igloo bar. Later, there were more bars in this area, which became a bar street. Captain Morgan, Starscream, TT and so on. However, the most romantic one is the No.1 Bar of Yawei Creek, which is located next to Yawei Creek on the 4th Road along the Yangtze River in Haidian Island. The No.1 Bar of Yawei Creek is located on the first floor of a European-style spire building with simple and elegant decoration. All white tablecloths, candlelight. Sitting in the unique Yawei Creek No.1 bar, people will become crazy in love, and they seem to be eager for something, hoping something will happen.
At present, the key development in Haikou's planning is the so-called West Coast, which stretches for 2 or 3 kilometers to the west of Haikou. Coconut trees also stretch for 2 or 3 kilometers. Standing on the shore, when you look up, you can see the magnificent Qiongzhou Strait, and the mainland is beyond the sea. It is said that when the weather is particularly good, you can see the coastline of Leizhou Peninsula on the other side, but at ordinary times it is basically a vast sea, covered with clouds and fog, with vast smoke waves. At night, the west coast is even more charming. At dusk, swimmers begin to rush here in droves. As the night deepens, the west coast stretching for dozens of kilometers becomes a colorful chain of bright lights. Of course, those who like to seek solitude and solitude are mostly strolling along the relatively secluded coast alone. Facing the dim lights, he or she is unmoved, but keeps his or her heart alone. People who walk by the sea for a long time will always get their clothes wet more or less by the sea, and many people will have this experience. Isn't it? -This is really a good place for people with petty bourgeoisie to express their feelings.
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So, what is emotional life? My understanding is the kind of life that is too addicted to physical personal sensory enjoyment. Haikou is such a city that pays attention to emotional life.
Haikou is a typical leisure city with consumption and enjoyment. In the government's plan, it will become an international coastal tourist city. In the news, it is said that the urban greening rate is the first in the country and the air quality is the first in the country (according to the daily air quality forecast statistics of CCTV), and it can be canned for export. On the Internet, Haikou was rated as the freest city in China. In the chat after being drunk and full of food, there is a saying that you don't know your health until you reach Haikou. If I describe it personally, I think Haikou is indeed a very personal and emotional city, or rather, it is an individualistic city, suitable for enjoying personal physical feelings and happiness.
Many people who have been to Haikou or stayed in Haikou admit that Haikou is suitable for living. In Haikou, as long as you have a slightly stable job and a little extra money for family life, you can live comfortably. If you are a person who likes a lazy life, you can spend your time lazily every day, get up very late in the morning, have morning tea, soak in a teahouse at noon, ramble, soak in a coffee shop at night, eat supper when you are hungry, and food stalls are all over the street. If you don't want to go home, just open a room in any hotel. Anyway, hotels in Haikou are idle in the off-season, and the price is so cheap that you are embarrassed. Then play mahjong or something all night. If you are a little more interesting, you can go to the seaside beach to talk about love and watch the moon, or invite friends to swim and play beach volleyball, or sit in the western restaurant of a five-star hotel and listen to the Philippine band. As long as it is not the peak season, the usual price can be affordable to white-collar workers. Of course, you can also live a life of seclusion. For example, renting an old house in the shade of trees, surfing the Internet or watching movies in the study with mottled walls, cam-in Haikou seems to have everything. I once found a documentary about Guevara in an unknown age. You can enjoy yourself in a small private world, and you don't want to cook. There are many small restaurants, and the price is similar to that of buying food yourself. Haikou has plenty of good places to cultivate love: seaside, evergreen garden, tree-lined paths under coconut trees, and also good weather and scenery for you to brew your feelings. If you are thirsty, you can eat more tropical fruits. Hainan is everywhere. If you listen to the names of mango, rambutan, peach, yellow banana and mangosteen, you can feel how attractive it is ... This kind of life is really comfortable and wonderful. Every part of the body is activated, then it reaches orgasm, and finally it is so excited that it gradually becomes numb. But at the same time, there is a very dangerous and decadent factor in this comfort. In this kind of enjoyment-oriented atmosphere, people will gradually become lazy, lose their ideas, lose their vigor and passion, become self-satisfied and indulge in physical happiness, and finally only have a delicate experience of physical sensibility, a decadent spirit in their bones, and finally lose sensitivity to everything else.
what's wrong with this? Someone wants to be serious with me. We just want to oppose high-profile and grand narrative, we just want to oppose big words and empty words, and we just want to pursue negative freedom and escape positive freedom. Is Haikou bad? There is no sandstorm and air pollution in Haikou, and the water quality is among the best in the country, with rich resources and moist life. Isn't this the trend of the times? I have nothing to say, I admit that this is an objective fact. However, warm-blooded young people are opposing this lifestyle with actions. Over the years, more and more young people in Haikou have flocked to other places. It can even be said that aspiring young people are losing a lot. Hainan's government can do nothing about it. I think this has something to do with Haikou having become an excessively enjoyable city. Because, after living a comfortable life in Haikou, many young people began to be alert and awake. They were worried that they would become waste, so they would rather give up their comfortable life and go to a strange place to start from scratch. They would rather work hard and struggle. That's more spiritual satisfaction, not just physical happiness. In Haikou, I have discussed this issue with many young people. We basically think: Yes, Haikou is a city suitable for leisure life. But Haikou is not a city suitable for young people to grow, develop and start businesses. Because everything here is too familiar, there is a smell of decay and erosion. There is no room for young people to expand and an upward trend. In a city with extremely rich material and unlimited supply, people still need spiritual improvement and ideal pursuit.
there is another way to say about the smell of decay. It is said that because Haikou is located in the tropics, it is humid, rainy and windy, with long sunshine hours, strong radiation and hot tropical natural climate, everything is easy to grow and rot, and it is not easy to keep. Everything is easy to live and die, just like the trees in Hainan grow very fast, but the texture is worrying, very fragile, not strong enough and easy to break. This natural condition in Hainan also affects culture. Culture is a symbol of a local spiritual life, a sublimation of individual phenomena and experiences, which needs to be accumulated and cultivated. Haikou, on the other hand, has always had a weak cultural atmosphere and lacked spiritual improvement. Because there are only rich perceptual phenomena and the arbitrary overflow of personal experience of the body, which are left to fend for themselves and cannot be accumulated without accumulation. Not to mention introspection and summary. Therefore, although Haikou always seems to pursue fashion and freshness, it has never tasted anything, and it likes the new and hates the old. On the surface, it is a new trend, but in its bones it is decadent. This is also the essence of all games that start with the body and end with the body. The body, isn't that the most unreliable? The shortest and perishable? What comes from dust will eventually return to dust.