Qianmen Street restores its past style through renovation

时间：2007-09-26 06:39:43

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Chinanews, Beijing, Sept 24 – With one year's renovation1, Qianmen Street has finished the repairing work and will be opened to the public before the Olympic Games are held in Beijing next year.

 

Many well-known old shops that have enjoyed a good fame in China for more than a century are all located in the traffic-free street, making it a good place to Chinese as well as foreigners to experience the genuine taste of traditional Chinese culture.

 

Qianmen Street has a history of over 600 years. After renovation is done, the 800-meter-long street will be stored to its architectural style in the 1920s-1930s. Dozens of famous traditional commercial brands, such as Quan Ju De roast Beijing duck restaurant, Pian Yi Fang2 roast Beijing duck restaurant, Yue Sheng Zhai Muslim flavored foods and Du Yi Chu dumplings, etc, will all be located in Qianmen Street.

 

The surface of the street will be built with grey stone slabs3, just like when it was made as a royal street during the Ming and the Qing dynasties. Things that were commonly seen in Qianmen in the past, including trams, the Wu Pai Lou (the ceremonial arch that served as the symbol for Qianmen Street), and the stage, will all reappear in Qianmen after the renovation. The commercial area of the street will cover 80,000 square meters, and about 300 shops will be located there in total, most of them dealing4 with catering5, retail6 sales or clothes sales business.

 

Qianmen Street is regarded as the oldest street in Beijing. It was built in the Yuan Dynasty and existed through Ming, Qing, and the Republic of China period. Built in the central axis7 in Beijing, it was once nicknamed the "heaven street" or the "golden street". Before being put to practice, the renovation scheme had been repeatedly modified by scholars. With 300 million yuan of renovation fund, the Chongwen district government hopes that it can build Qianmen Street as the largest, traditional-style commercial street in Beijing.

 
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1 renovation xVAxF     
n.革新，整修
参考例句：
  • The cinema will reopen next week after the renovation.电影院修缮后，将于下星期开业。
  • The building has undergone major renovation.这座大楼已进行大整修。
2 fang WlGxD     
n.尖牙，犬牙
参考例句：
  • Look how the bone sticks out of the flesh like a dog's fang.瞧瞧,这根骨头从肉里露出来，象一只犬牙似的。
  • The green fairy's fang thrusting between his lips.绿妖精的尖牙从他的嘴唇里龇出来。
3 slabs df40a4b047507aa67c09fd288db230ac     
n.厚板，平板，厚片( slab的名词复数 )；厚胶片
参考例句：
  • The patio was made of stone slabs. 这天井是用石板铺砌而成的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The slabs of standing stone point roughly toward the invisible notch. 这些矗立的石块，大致指向那个看不见的缺口。 来自辞典例句
4 dealing NvjzWP     
n.经商方法，待人态度
参考例句：
  • This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
  • His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。
5 catering WwtztU     
n. 给养
参考例句：
  • Most of our work now involves catering for weddings. 我们现在的工作多半是承办婚宴。
  • Who did the catering for your son's wedding? 你儿子的婚宴是由谁承办的？
6 retail VWoxC     
v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格
参考例句：
  • In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
  • These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。
7 axis sdXyz     
n.轴，轴线，中心线；坐标轴，基准线
参考例句：
  • The earth's axis is the line between the North and South Poles.地轴是南北极之间的线。
  • The axis of a circle is its diameter.圆的轴线是其直径。

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