The change around us today is the story of one of the oldest neighbourhoods in beijing, the south end。
South end: a new life in the old alley
The south twilight lane is over 780 metres long and was built in the capital. On both sides of the main street, there are eight alleys each, with more than 800 compounds and the complete preservation of the ingenuity of the `riyadh'. This has attracted both domestic and foreign tourists。
However, the surge in the number of tourists has greatly exceeded the carrying capacity of the south drive and has resulted in a disorderly development of commerce. In 2016, a tour team was suspended at the south end road and businesses began to respond to calls for “self-help” rehabilitation. What new changes have occurred in the south endway after these years
The maximum carrying capacity was 17,000 ancient alleys, with more than 30,000 traffic per day, and even 100,000 periods of small leave, once exceeding the palace. The rent of the south-tung alley shop has also skyrocketed several dozen times。

Chief journalist wang seung-dong: in the past, there was not only overcrowding, but also, and more importantly, the disorderly development of business practices and the construction of private businesses, resulting in serious damage to the culture. Starting in 2016, government departments and chambers of commerce, consisting of businesses, worked together to launch its “skinned” project in an overstretched south corner。

In 2006, li zhongqing, who came to the south ending lane, ran the largest shop on the main street, selling mostly tofu-like, roasted squid and demerits. During the "scrawny" period at the south end lane, he was depressed。
Despite his concerns, li began to realize that it might be an opportunity when he understood the rules for protection in the guidelines for the protection and regulation of historical and cultural quarters in the south, developed jointly by the government and the chamber of commerce。

The 30-page guide covers protection, planning, control aspects of the south, not only the strict prohibition of unstructured construction, but also the use of traditional bricks, whitestones and even uniform requirements in terms of architectural colours。

Li qingqing: sacrificed short-term profits. But today this decision is good. We made our own brands, business regulation. Our consumer perception has also increased, and the south is increasingly being evaluated. So we're getting healthier now。

Suh il: our development goal in the south ending lane is to be predominantly written and original, and to be characterized by experiences, museums and gardens。
The hymns and the new look in the alley
The new weather on the main street in the south is only one aspect, and the improvement of the environment and life is truly visible for the long-term residents living around it。
Radio station reporter ho: the south twirling lane is a place where many tourists come to beijing to learn about history, because it has many old beijing “live history”. But before 2016, this was not the case. At that time, many cars were parked in an already wide alley, air-conditioning boxes were hanged on walls at random and electrical cables were “flying” in the sky。

Radio station reporter ho: now, there's no fly line on top, and there's an open antenna. At the same time, previously hanged air conditioners have been centrally decorated. Most rarely, many old buildings have resurfaced。

Radio station reporter ho: this door i'm looking at is called "the door to the will" and it's the door to a rule that is common to ordinary people in ancient times. We made an early appointment with one of the residents of the yard to go in and see what life was like。

Residents of the south twilight lane: in the beijing four courtyard, "sang liu can't enter the house" so they grow pomegranates, tomatoes, date trees, spring and autumn trees. We used to call this a big house, and now all the greens are built on their own, next to a very narrow road, and now space is open。
“application retreat”
Voluntary choice of relocation
Since 2015, a pilot project has been launched in the rain, hats, tweezers and tweaks in the area south of the eastern city of beijing, with the innovative introduction of the “appliance retreat” policy, which gives the choice to the inhabitants of the town, who may choose “to go or stay” voluntarily. Emigrants can move to new neighbourhoods with larger areas and more modern facilities, with adequate compensation. Master guan is one of the expatriates, and we'll start with a picture taken five years ago
You see this house, when the lights go off, it's like this all day. It's a house that doesn't see light or air。
A new life in the old neighborhood
Today, master guan has moved to a new residence. A few days ago, our journalist returned to the old neighborhood。
Before the fourth of july, master guan was going to see his grandson and went back to the south corner to see the old neighborhood。
Master guan's old neighborhood is yang jie-ling, and the old neighborhood that you haven't seen for years is a special family。

Guan see-yo: is it still a bad place to buy
Jianqing yang: there is now a new supermarket here, and it is cheap。
Guan see: that's good, but there are four or five supermarkets out the door without our two bridges。
Yang qingling: the living standards of the residents we have moved away and those we have retained have come up。

Change is more than just shopping for a life of a dead end. What brother yang would like to see is the old problem that has caused the family to suffer。

Yang jingling: this is the kitchen, this is the bathroom. Now we'll have a good winter bath。

In august 2015, a rehabilitation and rehabilitation project was launched in the eastern district of beijing city, to correct the four gaps in the south-west corner of the south-west corner of the south-tung alley, which allows residents to choose, on a voluntary basis, to relocate, transfer or retain in the form of “appliance withdrawal” and “application improvement”. Emigrants can move to new neighbourhoods with larger areas and more modern facilities, with adequate compensation. Of the more than 600 families in the four alleys of the south corner, 452, or nearly 70 per cent, have chosen to “scramble” like master guan。
The people work together in a community
I'm gonna be the best
Since the 18th anniversary of the party, the eastern district of beijing has improved, upgraded and protected the old city by involving the population in its management. Life in the alley is now full of neighborhoods, with tunnels of smoke。
This is where the old neighborhoods reflect and solve their problems. Early in the morning, several resident representatives gathered here to discuss ideas on how to resolve the problem of the concentration of non-motorized vehicles in the alley and to initially identify two sites that could be transformed into future sheds。

Li zhaixian, head of the council of the community lawn mill in the front street in the eastern city of beijing: ten years since the establishment of our council in 2012. We all have a right and a responsibility to protect our homes better, so each day is better than the day of the fire and each day is happier。

It is a group of residents of six neighbourhoods in the east four streets who are busy with the garden landscape. For more than five years after the establishment of the community-coordinated community self-government organization, many of the inhabitants have joined in to protect the large and small flower landscape of the alley with their passions and specialties。

There are new features in the alley and new functions. In the streets behind the galleries, the four complexes that have been renovated in space through a subway shield project have now become a civic cultural centre, where tea and flowers are taught and staged for various performances. In the ancient courtyard, the most urbanistic life is hidden。
South end: a new life in the old alley
In the alleys, in the yard, there is a small day for a family, and it is about the development of thousands of families. Since the eighteenth anniversary of the party, the city of beijing has achieved an overall upgrading of more than 3,900 back streets throughout the city, represented by alleys. A series of governance initiatives and innovative mechanisms, such as “free-lines-in-the-ground” and “popular self-government” and “social co-governance”, have brought together historical cultures and modern life in the alley, allowing old neighborhoods to live a new life and rejuvenation。
Producer chan jie
The producer, wang ping
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