Life Style -- alley life

Alley, a style of housing in Shanghai, which blended features of east and west. Each residence is connected and arranged in straight alleys, with the entrance to each alley, the gate, wrapped by a stylistic stone arch. The Shikumen is a cultural blend of the elements found in Western architecture with traditional Lower Yangtze Chinese architecture and social behavior. All traditional Chinese dwellings had a courtyard, and the Shikumen was no exception. Yet, to compromise with its urban nature, it was much smaller and provided an "interior haven" to the commotions in the streets, allowing for raindrops to fall and vegetation to grow freely within a residence. The courtyard also allowed sunlight and adequate ventilation into the rooms.
Alley provided a public house for shanghai people who living conditions was not good. Peoples living, eating, cooking, also childrens growing in this small space, let it be a inimitable style of Shanghai in china. So I will show their living style in alley house and talk about the effect of alley upon people.

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