The overpass is located outside Zhengyangmen in the east of Xuanwu District. The original white marble bridge is one, with three beams and four columns. Under the bridge is a small river from west to east. It was named Tianqiao because of the road that the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties had to pass when they sacrificed to the Temple of Heaven. Its scope includes Zhengyangmen Street, through the east and west Zhushi mouth and south, to the northwest of the Temple of Heaven Gate, and the north area of Yongding Gate. Later, it gradually formed a Tianqiao market with the characteristics of "Beijing flavor".

After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, with the development of the city's economy and culture and the expansion of the citizen class, the old Tianqiao gradually became a place where the three religions and nine streams gathered, with all five elements and eight works.

In the early years of the Republic of China, it was truly formed into a prosperous civilian market and was regarded as a typical area of civilian society in the old imperial capital. As the famous scholar Qi Rushan said in the "Preface to the List of Flyovers": "The people who pass the bridges are also the places where the lower-level people in Beiping meet to rest." into it, and the social customs of Beiping can be seen. ”

Tianqiao has prospered due to the rise of the market, and this market is oriented to the general public, integrating cultural entertainment and commercial services, combining culture and commerce, and promoting each other. Its rise is not only an economic phenomenon, but also a cultural one.

In the process of its development, Tianqiao has gradually formed a unique Tianqiao civilian culture, because it is rooted in the common people, so although it has gone through vicissitudes, it can last.

Before liberation, many Jianghu artists "left the ground" on the flyover. The so-called "abandonment" is to draw a white circle on the ground, as a performance venue, and the jargon is "painting a pot".

The pot is for cooking, and when the pot is drawn, there is a field, and the artist has a bowl of rice to eat. The juggling show at the flyover market is a major feature, not only because of the variety of items, but also because of the high level of skill. Introduced here. Just a few of them.

You must know that at that time, there were as many as five or six hundred folk artists who learned, performed, passed on and lived in Laotianqiao. It is divided into two categories: jugglers and rap artists, and juggling includes acrobatics, martial arts, and other items. Rap includes drama, quyi and other projects.

Anyone who has watched TV series or movies of that era must not be unfamiliar with the imperial capital flyover.

Drawing a bow, raising a knife, shaking the bamboo, dancing forks, climbing poles, playing the middle flag, driving skills, hard qigong, etc., these can often be seen in the film.

Zhang Tianyuan remembered that there was a book that introduced a person named Ma Yuankai, who was particularly powerful.

Ma Yuankai performed "Breaking Iron Chains", "Breaking Iron Bars", "Biting Iron Bars" and so on. Breaking the iron chain is to use the iron chain to tie the actor's upper body tightly, and then luck will break the iron chain. To bend an iron bar the thickness of your fingers, put it on the fire to burn red, and then straighten it with your hands. Bite the iron bar. It is to burn an iron bar the thickness of chopsticks red, and then put one end in your mouth and bite it off one by one.

There is also a person named Zhang Wenzhi, who performs qigong mainly in a carriage or car, and he lies on the ground on his back with a large board on his body. He landed on his elbows, his hands up on the plank, and then luck worked when the cart rolled over it.

Seeing these at that time, Zhang Tianyuan was very frightened. After all, he was still young at that time, and he couldn't quite understand these acrobatics, and he only remembered the feeling of having his feet pressed by a water-filled rack car once when he was a child. It's sour, and although it's okay later, it has also become a shadow of his childhood.

Sometimes watch acrobatics. It's really that the people who watch it are more nervous than the people who act.

What? You said you were more familiar with Bada Hutong? Children should not be familiar with that, that place is not a good place.

"Qing Barnyard Banknotes" is very detailed: "The place where the servants live is called the lower place. Hang the sign in the door and say that a certain hall, and hang a lamp. Guests enter their doors. The porter's servant stood up and served, and when he asked, he lowered his hand and whispered, and he was very cautious. ”

As for what you do in the room, let's not be too clear, after all, it can't be described.

Some people say I don't know about the Eight Great Hutongs.

Then you should always know about Fengyue Field, right?

Don't know?

Then Fireworks Willow Lane should always know, right?

Don't know yet?

I'm really speechless, then I should know about brothels.

There are many alleys in the imperial capital, and the eight major alleys are famous at home and abroad, especially in the Qing Dynasty, and many officials often come here.

In fact, the "Eight Great Hutongs" mentioned by the old emperor people do not specifically refer to these eight streets and alleys, but to the area around Dashilar outside the front door, because there are nearly 100 large and small brothels in the alleys outside these eight streets and alleys.

It's just that back then, most of the brothels in these eight alleys were first-class and second-class, and the "grade" of prostitutes was also relatively high, which is why they were so well-known.

Okay, about the topic of the eight major alleys, let's talk about it here for the time being, otherwise you will make a mistake.

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Maybe it's because it's almost the New Year, although there are still a lot of people in Panjiayuan, but compared to usual, it's still a lot less, probably those workers who like to come here on weekdays to buy some old goods or something to go back to decorate their homes have returned to their hometowns for the New Year.

Therefore, there are more businessmen who set up stalls at this time, and there are some foreign tourists, the reason why these so-called tourists choose to come to the imperial capital at this time is probably to feel the atmosphere of the Chinese New Year here, and by the way, you can also take a look at the temple fair.

On the streets outside, even if the New Year is approaching, the clothes worn by most people will not change much, most of them are popular cashmere coats, down jackets and the like, but in places like Panjiayuan, you can see a lot of ethnic clothing.

For example, the festive and auspicious red jacket, as well as Tang costumes, and even some people directly wore the bells and whistles vests and long coats.

The businessmen of the stalls are idle and bored and chatting nonsense there, as long as they pass by a guest, they will ask, and some people do not speak, as if their own things must be good things, as long as there is a knowledgeable goods, they will choose to go.

"Dude, here, what are you looking for?" There is everything here!" These businessmen have always been familiar with each other, even if they don't know you, they also make it seem like they are brothers with you, outsiders may not understand it, and think it is strange, but this is the business experience.

"Two big brothers, come to me, celebrity calligraphy and paintings, ceramic jade, or some gadgets, as long as you want, you can find them here!"

"Big brother, I've dealt with this thing, and it's going to be the New Year soon. I don't have the leisure to continue setting up stalls, and this thing is not a precious thing. I'll sue you, this is a high imitation. If you like it, if you don't like it, forget it......"

"I want to buy the dragon chair that Emperor Qianlong sat on, do you have it? dare to sell it?" Zhang Tianyuan has never liked others to follow him when he buys things, even if he buys things in the supermarket, it is the same, if the salesman says a few more words, then he would rather leave, because it is too annoying, and he can't take a good look.

When he said this, he deliberately provoked these people. Let these people not pester him, if there is something good, he will naturally buy it, otherwise even if it is a fanciful talk, it will be meaningless.

Although Zhang Tianyuan has been in the imperial capital for a few months, he is nostalgic for the old, either speaking Shaanzhou dialect or standard Mandarin, and he definitely does not have the flavor of the imperial capital. I used to stay in Nandu for so long, and I still couldn't speak Sichuan dialect when I was coming, not because he couldn't learn it, but because he didn't want to learn it at all.

So his words. Without the taste of the imperial capital, these people are a little smacked in the face, thinking that he is a foreigner who is easy to fool. I have to move forward, and even want to buy and sell.

Many people probably know about the cake-cutting incident that caused a sensation across the country. That's buying and selling, but I don't know. In Panjiayuan, this kind of thing is very normal, and if you are slaughtered, you can only admit it.

"Get away, don't call if you don't have good things!" Nie Zhen's imperial capital dialect is absolutely flavorful, he grew up in the imperial capital since he was a child, and speaking Mandarin is also a mouthful of imperial capital flavor.

Hearing Nie Zhen's accent, the stall owners who originally wanted to pounce on them suddenly lost interest, they didn't kill the people of the imperial capital, but the local people in the imperial capital wanted to trouble you, it was too easy, so they targeted tourists and foreign tourists.

In recent years, the situation in the imperial capital has been slightly better, I used to hear others say that outsiders will definitely be slaughtered when they go to the imperial capital to take a taxi, he knows that you don't know the way, and deliberately turn around, just to make you a few more money.

A place may be in a straight line, and he has to go around you in a big circle.

This is not the case for taxis, not to mention those who sell old goods in Panjiayuan.

Although there is no business and no treachery, and the words of no treachery and no business sound a bit harsh, but in general, it is still right, Zhang Tianyuan is in business by himself, and he must learn to be cunning, otherwise not only will he not make money, but he will have to pay for the number of people if he is sold.

Seeing that the stall owners were back chatting with their hands in their sleeves again, Nie Zhen suddenly looked at Zhang Tianyuan and said, "Brother, I see that you are shopping leisurely, it seems that you don't plan to buy anything?"

"What I buy, I'm just here to accompany you shopping, what I buy, it all depends on fate, such as the bloodstone seal in today's show, I have already asked Sister Dou and Director Zhang Da to help me contact the treasure bearer, see if I can take it, that's what I like, this Pan Jiayuan said something inappropriate, there are really not many good things, and the fakes here are simply full of sweat. It's Brother Nie, since you're here, and you've pulled me here, and I haven't seen what you're going to buy, just looking at it, if you like it, let me show you it, you just decorate your home, you don't necessarily have to be genuine, the kind of thing that is so high that it's hard to distinguish the real from the fake, it's actually good to buy it back cheaply, I have those things in my courtyard, if it's genuine, it's broken and broken, and I'm still distressed. ”

"What the hell, dare to love those things in your hall are all high imitations, I always thought they were real!" Nie Zhen asked with wide eyes.

"Don't talk about it, I'm so generous, put the real thing out and use it. Zhang Tianyuan smiled.

"Good boy, those high-quality imitations of yours are so hard to distinguish between real and fake, I think each one is so real!" Nie Zhen sighed.

"Don't talk about me, what do you want to buy, but it just so happens that I'm free today, if I'm not free, I really can't accompany you, so hurry up and choose." ”

Zhang Tianyuan saw that Nie Zhen's watch was really a newcomer, and he wanted to go up and touch anything he saw, just like Ouyang Xiaodan at the beginning, this kind of action was seen by those stall owners, and they would inevitably think that you were a novice and easy to fool.

Play this line, take things that are particular, such as purple clay pots, to cover the lid, turn over to see the model, take ceramics whether it is large or small, but also grasp firmly with both hands, those stalls from your hand type, you can see whether it is a novice or an insider.

This is the same as driving, if you don't even know where to hit the steering wheel, others will know that you are a newcomer at a glance, if you know how to use the clutch, foot brake, handbrake, and accelerator as soon as you go up, the steering wheel can also easily hit left and right, then the designated person who has driven the car.

Nie Zhen didn't understand antiques in the first place, so when he held the antiques, he was obviously a layman, holding the ceramics, and looking at it, he could fall to the ground. (To be continued......)