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What else are there in the bookstore where there may be books, such as galleries, cafes, steamed buns, etc?

2023-08-29   

What else could there be in a bookstore where there might be books? For those who love to browse bookstores, the bookstore in the alley undoubtedly has its unique charm - it not only has the fireworks from the surrounding neighborhoods, but also has beautiful scenery with distinct seasons. The newly unveiled reading culture space "May Have Books" is located in Qianchao Mian Hutong, Dongcheng District. This bookstore, transformed from a vacated "symbiotic courtyard" space, covers an area of 260 square meters and houses a bookstore, gallery, coffee shop, self-study room, and even a steamed bun shop. Moving forward 30 years, this is actually a state-owned restaurant called Fengyue Lou, which specializes in selling steamed buns. Later on, it became the most famous Hong Kong style hot pot restaurant in the capital, but due to its quadrangle wooden structure, there were safety hazards all year round, so it was vacated. "After reading the introduction of Niu Ruixue, the founder of Wenhua Space, vacated, The street community discussed with 6 households and tenants in the courtyard about how to renovate and reuse old houses. Everyone ultimately chose to transform it into a bookstore, which has a cultural tone and is very quiet, without affecting the daily lives of residents. We have been planning in this environment for nearly two years, and the structure of this house is quite complex. There are nearly four floors of tiles on the walls. Every time we change a restaurant, we add another layer on top of the tiles from the previous restaurant. During our renovation process, the designer deliberately preserved some of the tiles as traces and restored them as old, "said Niu Ruixue. In order to fully utilize the concept of "community bookstore" and allow more people to understand the lives and stories of residents, the bookstore invited retired uncles and aunts from nearby areas to work as clerks, with four aunts working in two shifts in the morning, middle, and afternoon. In this way, the young people who came to the bookstore to read and review were sipping coffee and drinking fried red fruit drinks, while eating steamed buns made by retired aunts, including chives flavored meat filling, diced lamb filling, and vegetarian stuffed buns such as shepherd's purse and sprouts, feeling the fireworks and book aroma in the alley. Related physical bookstores in Beijing continue to innovate. In the first half of this year, 15 new bookstores opened in Beijing, indicating that the physical bookstore industry is still thriving. A reporter from Beijing Youth Daily found through investigation that many of the newly opened bookstores are quite distinctive. Xinhua Bookstore · Weibao Bookstore, located on Di'anmenwai Street in Xicheng District, opened on April 2nd. There is an interesting saying posted at the entrance of the bookstore, "You are sitting on the east side of the central axis, but you are actually in the Xicheng district. Store manager Mu Bei introduced to reporters, "Many people come to the store and ask, but due to historical reasons, our store is actually located in the Xicheng District." In terms of user experience, for the cross-border cooperation between Baoshu and Lenovo Group, we use leading AR hardware equipment to create a central axis digital immersion experience journey. Mubei told reporters, "At least 20% -30% of readers come specifically from other places to experience." In addition, the bookstore's unique seal with one theme every season is very popular among readers, and some people come from Tianjin and Chengde specifically for this purpose. Located in Joy City in western Beijing, "Millay Knowledge Universe" is its first offline independent physical store in China. The store's books are mainly aimed at children aged 0 to 14 years old, and regular member reading activities are also held to create a joyful atmosphere for children to wander in the knowledge universe.

Edit:XiaoWanNing Responsible editor:YingLing

Source:BEIJING YOUTH NEWS

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