In China, the bar is a transplanted public space. Compared with the history of the transformation of bars in the West, it can be said that bars in China are nothing more than a space without history, it is an imported imaginative space. The imaginative space of the bar constitutes the space and imagination of the Chinese people's imagination about the West. In this imagination of the West, fashion consumption is rife. In the eyes of many, it is almost the only way for Westerners to entertain and relax, a space for public interaction that often appears. The tide of globalization and the trend of economic integration are, from the perspective of geopolitics, nothing more than a process of Westernization. The Westernized way of life displayed in the public space of the West has naturally become the object of fashion imitation. However, a space without history, like a person without history, will always be so light when fashionable. In this slice of light man, the bar has become an empty fashion landscape.

What does a space-bound landscape without history rely on to support its fashion? Clubrs might say that while I don't know the history of bars, I never wanted to know anything about it. Because, I like it, and I don't need a reason; I experience that I don't need history. For bars, I have my opinions, I have my experiences, I have my imaginations.

Although the bar is an empty landscape with no history in China, the hollowness of this scenery is not a blank space. Otherwise, no one wants to stand in a blank landscape and frolic. What fills the void in this landscape? What is the filling that fills this hollow landscape? It should be said that it is a cultural imagination. Specifically, it is the cultural imagination of the West that makes up these fillings. The cultural imagination of the West has become the filling of the bar landscape, and it is these imaginary things that make the hollowness of the bar colorful in China. And it has a very special meaning.

In the early 80s of the 20th century, the cultural imagination of the West constituted a common social psychological phenomenon in contemporary China. Reform. The door of the country is open. Chinese people from closed, specialized. We have come out of the history of system, turmoil, and backwardness, and have begun to open our eyes to the world. The development and progress of Western society is the envy of the Chinese people. A social psychology that admires the West has rapidly grown and spread. Imports of household appliances in the 80s. The progress of the West has entered the daily lives of ordinary people in the form of tangible products.

It's a tempting and irresistible force of matter. In addition to the power of material, there is also the impact of culture, and the introduction and dissemination of Western film and television works make people feel the charm of the West from intuitive and perceptual images. In China in the early 80s, people drank beer in limited quantities in large bowls in crowded and humble restaurants; Wait in a long line to grab a beer with a kettle, and when you get home, you can drink it like a holiday.

People living in such a situation can imagine the feeling of envy and longing when they see the bright bars in the mirror images of Western films. Bars began to enter China with the arrival of foreigners in China. At that time, there were only foreign-related hotels, that is, hotels that only accepted foreigners. There is a consumption space such as a bar. It became a place that was both mysterious and fascinating. The cultural imagination of the bar can directly satisfy people's admiration for the West. The bar provides a space where people can immerse themselves in the atmosphere of the West, and it makes the cultural imagination of the West a real scene that can be touched, felt, tasted, and experienced.

Judging from the geographical distribution of the thriving bars, most of the bars were developed in coastal metropolises that were more open to the outside world. Some large cities and metropolises along the coast have successively formed relatively large-scale bar clusters.

Judging from the name of the bar, the pursuit of Westernization and imitation had a crucial influence on the style of the bar. When the bar advertises itself, it often flaunts its own British, American, European, etc., and uses this as a business signboard to attract customers. After searching on the Internet, we saw that the Westernization of bar naming is an extremely common phenomenon. Such as Irish bar, Venetian bar, Scottish bar, St. Paul's bar, French bar, Paris bar, Hawaiian bar, Hollywood bar, Champs-Élysées bar, jazz bar, Noah's Ark bar, cocktail bar, etc., all directly reveal the Westernized style. These Western-style signboards show the Westernized image of the bar and satisfy people's cultural imagination about the West.

It should be seen. There has always been a phenomenon of over-interpretation of China's cultural imagination of the West. This kind of over-interpreting cultural imagination comes directly from people's admiration for Western identity. In the eyes of many. The moon in foreign countries is rounder than in China. Excessive imagination and interpretation exaggerate everything in the West. Make everything in the West fashionable and popular, and become the pursuit that people yearn for. Become a trend.

The popularity of the word "bar" is the product of this over-imagination and over-interpretation. In the West, in most cases, "bar" mainly refers to the space of the bar, while in China, the meaning of "bar" extends to almost all public consumption spaces. As a result, there are all kinds of "bars": tea bars, Internet bars, shadow bars, mud bars, pottery bars, book bars, oxygen bars, chatting bars, talking bars and so on. "Bar" replaces the ancient words of "hall", "courtyard", "building", "fang" and "shop", so that all consumption spaces are attached with bright Western colors, and become a popular fashion that sweeps the space.

Although they know that bars have gradually become a popular trend, among some teenagers, bars are a very magical and mysterious place, so now that they have the opportunity, they naturally want to visit them.

If it were normal, Wu Ling would not choose to go to the bar, for him, the bar is one of the most boring places now. After all, he doesn't want to buy drunk himself, he doesn't need to indulge his stress, and of course, he doesn't need to go to the girl, so going to the bar is definitely a rather boring move.

But looking at Zhou Yuna's slightly expectant expression, Wu Ling thought about it and agreed. Wu Ling has never had a good impression of bars, and bars are easy to get into trouble. Especially for some pretty girls, it's really not a good place to go.

Wine is intimidating, in such a chaotic place, not to mention people who are usually more lively, even if they are usually more silent, after a few glasses of wine, there is a great possibility to release the sins in their hearts. This kind of place is really not a very good place for girls, especially beautiful girls.

No matter what kind of considerations Zhou Yuna wants to go to the bar, but Wu Ling is unlikely to completely ignore the other party, with him, no matter what happens, someone will deal with it. After all, the people who went with Zhou Yuna were children, and if there was any accident, they wouldn't be able to deal with it at all.

So although he didn't like those places very much, Wu Ling still agreed.

"Okay, we'll see you in the evening, see you soon!" After finishing speaking, Zhou Yuna walked out happily.

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"Who proposed to go to Feifeng?" Back at school, I met Zhang. After Lin, Wu Ling asked directly.

"You know, I thought you didn't. Sure enough, our big beauty is the best for you, and she took the initiative to invite you! "When I saw Wu Ling, Zhang. Lin said jokingly.

"Don't talk about this, why do you want to go to Feifeng?" See Zhang. Lin's expression, Wu Ling couldn't help but roll his eyes and asked.

Both asked twice, Zhang. Lin naturally wouldn't hide it, and he didn't think about hiding it, so he pouted and said: "Who else can it be, there is more than one person in our class who has thoughts about big beauties, and who else can cheekily invite each other to the bar, besides Wei Yun!" ”

Wei Yun!

If it weren't for Zhang. Lin reminded that Wu Ling probably couldn't think of this person at all. Although he was a student in the same class, and the other party had made trouble for him, for Wu Ling's current experience, he felt as if several years had passed, and some people's memories had slowly blurred, just like Wei Yun now, and he was also trying to recall it before he finally heard the existence of this person.

"Wei Yun? With his character, can he organize his classmates to go to the bar to play? ”

It's no wonder that Wu Ling is strange, everyone is a student now, especially those who have just entered the first year of high school, and they are all relatively simple now. For students like Wei Yun, they generally stay away, although they have a certain curiosity about the bar, but no one wants to go.

After all, it's still a very dangerous thing to even get in and out of an Internet café, let alone a bar. Once you go to it, once it is known, it is estimated that not only at home, but also at school, there will be a certain punishment.

Of course, if there is no problem, it is fine, but if there is something, this is the biggest danger. And Wei Yun has always been not very honest, if he goes to the bar, he will be even crazier, and it is definitely a very dangerous thing to follow such a person.

With such an idea, it is estimated that few people are willing to follow Wei Yun to the bar. But the current situation is that, judging from Zhou Yuna's understanding, although not all the students agreed, half of the students agreed to go, when did Wei Yun become so attractive.

"He? If it weren't for his treat, I wouldn't want to go! "It can be seen that Zhang. Lin was still a little disdainful of Wei Yun. In fact, it is also true that not everyone can pay money, especially in front of big beauties, paying is also a manifestation of charm.

It stands to reason that Zhang. Lin's family is no worse than Wei Yun, but because his family is more strictly managed, he has no money to save at all, so he is just powerless. (To be continued......)