Shanghai is bright! Yesterday was a dazzling book in Shanghai! Shikumen and Women in Shanghai are a magnificent page in this book. ……

Shanghai, also known as Shencheng, is referred to as ~ Shanghai. Living in Shanghai, we are proud that the ancestors of the previous generation or the next generation moved to Shanghai to live and live, inherit the family customs and habits, and spread, spread and pass on the ancient land and water from generation to generation as much as possible.

Since the opening of Shanghai, this "road" has been going on for about 170 years, and it has always refused to merge ~ refused to merge. Whether you come from a foreign land or a foreign country, you are very different in race. As long as you live or live in Shanghai, the meaning of seeking common ground while reserving differences will immediately appear and blend together, that is, cultural differences or identity differences are short-lived. ?

After the opening of the port, Shanghai seems to be full of brilliance and ignorant girls everywhere. Under the bath of time, it is touching and graceful, the infiltration of western culture and the intersection of languages are unprecedented. English, Arabic, Latin, etc. , interweave with the customs and dialects of China and other places after moving to Shanghai, and play with variations on life, culture and economy!

Shikumen buildings in Shanghai came into being at this time, and they were all over the city. The Shikumen houses overlooked by later generations in the air are very dignified and row upon row, and rows of low red roofs are integrated into one, which is intoxicating and gradually becomes a landscape in Shanghai.

In the 1920s and 1930s, under the infiltration and intersection of western culture and urban culture, Shanghai formed a unique Shanghai culture. Looking at the famous Bund buildings in Shanghai, many exotic buildings in Linlin have given us reverence and admiration. Shikumen architecture is still in the process of urban interpretation in Shanghai, and Shikumen dwellings combining Chinese and western styles came into being.

This kind of building has absorbed many styles of Jiangnan folk houses, with stone as the door frame and thick wood as the door, so & Therefore, Shikumen is not only the most representative residential building in Shanghai, but also one of the symbols of modern urban civilization.

The early Shikumen, usually with three bays or five bays, kept the characteristic that the traditional buildings in China were symmetrically arranged around the central axis. The old Shikumen residence, as soon as it enters the door, is a horizontal courtyard, with left and right wings on both sides and a living room with long windows opposite. The living room is about 4 meters wide and 6 meters deep, which is the place to receive guests and banquets.

There are cubicles on both sides of the living room. Behind the cubicles, there is a wooden escalator leading to the second floor, followed by a back patio, which is only half as deep as the front patio and has a well. An annex with a slope behind the backyard is usually used as a kitchen, utility room and storage room.

There are entrances and exits in front and back of the whole house. The facade consists of patio walls and gables, with "Shikumen" in the middle, stone as the door frame, and heavy wooden doors painted with black paint. The back wall is almost as high as the front wall, forming an almost closed facade. Therefore, although Shikumen was in the downtown area, it still had the advantage of high walls and deep courtyards, and it was very popular among the gentry and wealthy businessmen in China who lived in the concession at that time.

With the changes of the times, the exterior walls of the new Shikumen are mostly made of clear water blue bricks, red bricks or green-red brick cement bricks, and the joints are marked with lime. Another important difference is that the new Shikumen no longer uses stone as the door frame, but uses fair-faced bricks, and the decoration of the lintel has become more complicated.

Shikumen is mostly a two-story building with brick and wood structure. Inclined roofs often have tiger windows, red brick exterior walls and traditional archways in China. The gate consists of two solid black painted wooden doors, which rotate with wooden shafts and are usually equipped with knockers. The knocking at the entrance and exit echoed in the ancient Shikumen Hutong. The lintel adopts the traditional brick-carved green tile roof, and the exterior wall is carved with western-style buildings in detail.

There is a balcony on the second floor, and the overall layout adopts European townhouse style, which gradually becomes an independent closed building group adjacent to the street or adjacent to the road. Alley method is used to connect two unrelated closed buildings. More importantly, the infiltration and integration of western culture has only become a formal symbol.

Throughout Shikumen Lane, China's name is everywhere, and most of them also use the traditional China names of "benevolence, righteousness, kindness, virtue, auspiciousness, harmony, peace and health", such as promoting benevolence, righteousness, righteousness, virtue, kindness, respect, happiness, human harmony and long-term stability. Because Confucius said that "benevolence is beautiful", dozens of people use the word "benevolence" as their names.

Shikumen in Shanghai has experienced history, accumulation, storage and the precipitation of the times, which laid the foundation for the formation of Shanghai culture. After the May 4th Movement, many scholars, writers and literati emigrated to Shanghai, such as Lu Xun, Guo Moruo, Mao Dun, Ba Jin, Yu Dafu, Xu Beihong, Zhou Xuan and Zhou, and a large number of historical celebrities and artists emerged, resulting in a special literary school in the history of modern literature in China.

Ba Jin's Cold Night in the Spring and Autumn Period was conceived and written in Shikumen. Zhang Ailing's novels are often set in Shikumen Lane.

The "integration" of Chinese and foreign immigrants and the humanities with accents from south to north have brought together all kinds of people in Shikumen, and nurtured a unique civic culture, which has not only formed an inclusive urban character, but also formed Shanghai dialect mixed with sporadic English words.

In Shikumen, residents rub and blend here, which means that neighbors live in harmony and enjoy each other, and 72 households care about each other and tolerate each other because of the small space. Shikumen, a multi-cultural, multi-family and multi-generation residence, has brought indelible historical memories to Shanghainese, and also created Shanghainese's openness, tolerance, shrewdness and wisdom.

Shikumen in Shanghai is gorgeous. Women living in Shikumen (only 40-50 years old) are single-minded. It can be described as a generation of women who went to the hall and went to the kitchen. Her name is Elegance.

In 1930s and 1940s, many writers took Shikumen women as their masters, depicting and describing them. The film In the Mood for Love, written and directed by Wong Kar-wai, a famous Hong Kong director, vividly shows the women living in Shikumen.

This film has achieved great success at home and abroad. Besides, Maggie Cheung, a famous Hong Kong movie star, plays the leading role, wears a cheongsam and walks in the street. At that time, many middle-aged women were attracted to each other and fascinated by the scenery.

Shikumen woman's wisdom, her outstanding point is a kind of breath and charm ~ ~ elegant style. She, their outstanding charm, is not only the elegance supported by a well-off family, but also the unique wisdom and Buddhist wisdom created by her family style and her own cultural knowledge.

Inherit the family business, maintain the family business, teach by example, throw their heads at each other, and be personable ... that is, they are from ordinary families, still dressed in smart clothes and attractive. A little different. Only their predecessors moved to Shanghai.

The elegance of women in Shikumen highlights their outstanding external charm. The biggest feature is that they can talk to people no matter how they treat people, dress and dress, or in life. Even in the small kitchen where they enjoy three meals a day, their words are always warm. It is possible to smile when you disagree with your neighbors.

If a child or husband causes a quarrel on weekdays, he will also pull up his family and say, "Sorry, I didn't manage it well, I'm sorry …".

For women in Shikumen, if they need to go out to a big place (attend a wedding with their families or get together with friends on invitation, etc.). ), their preferred dress is mostly their favorite cheongsam. When choosing which color or style to wear, they will consider the invited guests and elders.

After entering the invited place, apart from a little polite conversation, I generally don't talk much and don't communicate with people. Listening and attention are all they have. At this moment, it is clear, dignified and decent, adding a melodious piano concerto to the happy environment!

Shikumen women are unique in managing their homes, except for the structural conditions of Shikumen house (divided into front building, pavilion, wing room and so on). ) or the surrounding environment where they live, no matter how they manage their homes, they are generally in good order.

If the hostess lives in front of Shikumen, it must be that the windows are bright and clean, the floor is clean and tidy, and the furniture is neatly stacked. There will never be one thing at home again.

For another example, children leave their bags everywhere, and they will immediately combine several bags and hide them where outsiders can't see them.

Women in Shikumen, when dressing themselves, will not see exquisiteness in elegance, neatly combed hair and integrated clothes like women in rich and powerful families.

On weekdays, happiness, joy, sadness and anger will never be revealed to outsiders. Even if there is sadness, I just find a quiet place to daydream alone. ...

Shencheng is like a bright Oriental Pearl! Shencheng, a gentle and elegant woman bred by Shikumen, is eternal and affectionate!

..... Shanghai!

..... Shanghai!