Slums of old Beijing

The Chinese capital is developing so rapidly that I came here a year later, you did not know the terrain. Build new roads and areas, but the place is in fact limited. Because of this, demolished old buildings are old, sometimes quite slum species. These neighborhoods are often called hutongs: one-storey houses with courtyards, something like Odessa Moldavanka. The area is cut crosswise narrow streets, alleys.
Perhaps this is the historic center of Beijing, but sometimes difficult to understand what is the real value, and that - a slum. Today we take a walk on the most haunts of vice city.

1 That's all that remains of the hutongs, when it comes to his turn. Soon this place will grow a large residential building, shopping center or a beautiful area. To see the life of past generations of Chinese in the heart of a big city, you need to hurry.

2 houses in the hutongs - shit. Homely, not repaired for a long time, often without primitive facilities. And do not forget that just for you and they are excellent material for study. Well, let's start to explore.

3 In these blocks like to spend time outdoors. Someone pulls out unnecessary old sofa, and that's on it already sits in the evening the whole district. Do not sit on their haunches Well!

4 On every street there are vigilantes. Exactly the same as in our Soviet times. Typically, a pair of especially responsible grandmothers who know everything about all the neighbors. But their task is not to "frighten nepuschat yes", but to help passers-by and visitors to find the right house in the neighborhood, or the person is not easy, because you can get lost that night stay.

5 Of course, the local drgug knows everyone, but decided to greet everyone. If the center of Beijing just stared at me as if I am the only foreigner in the city, where everyone was in a hurry to tell their "Niha».

6 Feng shuynye mop, where the same without them!

7 In Asia, is often very difficult to understand that there is garbage, and that - a necessary thing.

8 Street fruit shop.

9 In China, a fairly original attitude towards animals. There are three types of animals: or is it labor, like a horse or a cow, or is eating like a pig or a chicken or a pet is not necessary. Cats and dogs do not eat Chinese, they do not give milk, they can not plow. Not surprisingly, this ragged homeless cat was only encountered in Beijing.

10 Every citizen should be personal transportation. Most often, this bike: the machine is expensive, and the law is harsh: depending on the parity of numbers, you can go only on certain days.

11 hutongs often do not even have their own toilets, so every street two or three public. They are free. In Beijing, I do a lot of outdoor toilets, which is good.

12 Do you see a beautiful building in the slums? This is a school, a police station or a housing office.

13 machines, which go rarely covered covers: very dusty.

14 Almost all the wheels are closed dosochki and bricks. Guess what? The answer is not so obvious, keep in mind!

15 Water is also a rarity.

16 Fireplace bicycle.

17 This grandfather ninety-two years. He smokes, drinks and plays cards. But regular practice Qigong.

18 Normal family house: one room of ten square meters. This is fortunate, they house "on the first line," so you can open a small shop selling water and let the juices and make a small computer club for schoolchildren.

Club 19 for adults, is played for money. This game - a kind of mahjong, although most of its hybrid cards and dominoes. The table is very cunning, very controlled, so that no one cheated and rents "knuckles." They go after every game: white outlined fields are omitted, and there emerge new cards. By the way, one game lasts only five minutes.

20 roasted watermelon seeds, a very delicious thing

22 Small courtyard. How many families live here - count on the counter.

23 Sleep in the workplace.

24 Once it was beautiful.

27 With a bicycle repair business here is better than in Belgium link. Yes, Beijing is probably posorvenuetsya in Brussels in the number of bicycles, bicycle paths and infrastructure just is not here, go as they please. But there are numbers on bicycles and the management seems to need rights.