The actors of the Yue Opera "Dream of Red Mansions" traveled to the garden with makeup and took photos with citizens and tourists.

  This spring, Sanlihe Park near Qianmen is very popular on social platforms. The scenery of the small bridge and flowing water has attracted many tourists to take photos and check in. Many people commented that "it seems to have moved the Jiangnan water town into the capital."

  Walking north along Sanlihe Park into Qingyun Hutong, Internet celebrity restaurants gather in Siheyuan, and popular private rooms are hard to find; the Pigment Hall regularly conducts drama performances, and cultural activities such as intangible cultural heritage experience, art exhibitions, reading clubs, and flower art classes are staged one after another. Hutong District complements new trends of trendy consumption, creating a spiritual home hidden in the downtown area for citizens and tourists.

  The business formats are becoming more and more abundant here

  Walking into Sanlihe Park from Caochang Sanhuan in Dongcheng District, the group of koi swims across Qingyun Bridge, a pair of swans are foraging on the water, the willow trees hanging down green silk ribbons on the shore, and the blooming lilacs sway in the wind. "There is such a place on the Second Ring Road of Beijing!" Many tourists who came here for the first time couldn't help but exclaim such exclamations.

  Walking along the stone bridge to the depths of the park, the two internet celebrity cafes are very lively, with more than a dozen tables and chairs on the riverside full of seats. The freshly ground coffee smells like a scent, and tourists and professional photographers in Hanfu or flag costumes come to film the scene from time to time.

  "Look at a chicken there!" Suddenly, a child exclaimed and chased after him. People who come here often have long been accustomed to encountering the wonderful scene of "strolling chicken" while drinking coffee. The clerk told reporters that this is a hen raised by the surrounding residents. "When the park was opened a few years ago, there were not many people. In the past two years, the surrounding business formats have become more and more abundant. People who eat and watch opera have come. The small garden is becoming more and more lively. These chickens are no longer afraid of people."

  After passing through the back door of the cafe, the reporter came to a courtyard with blue bricks and gray tiles. This Qingyun Ershisan Art Center is a three-entry courtyard with two restaurants and another cafe. Every afternoon, the small courtyard is always full of laughter and joy.

  In the evening, the cafe closed and the private room in the courtyard room became lively. The Huai Sijiu Banquet Restaurant, operated by the internet celebrity Beijing chef "Lao Migu", is full of spaces, and the private rooms have been booked.

  The performance space here is "small and beautiful"

  Opposite the Qingyun Ershisan Art Center is the Pigment Hall with a history of more than 400 years. The guild hall was built in the Ming Dynasty by Shanxi Province's pigment and tung oil merchants and has been preserved after repeated repairs and has been preserved to this day. Nowadays, the guild halls are open to the public again, with classic Peking Opera and Yue Opera repertoire being performed one after another, and there are crosstalk performances every Saturday night, and some popular shows are hard to get tickets.

  Tickets were sold out a week before the first performance of the classic Yue opera "Dream of Red Mansions". "It is hard to part when we meet, take care of each other, tears wet the silk shirt." The opera gong started, and the melodious Yue Opera singing came, bringing the audience into the world of the Grand View Garden. After the performance, the actor also brought makeup to the garden. In the play, people traveled through time and space, moved the stage to the bank of the Sanli River to interact with the audience.

  According to the staff, there were more than 240 performances held here last year and nearly 100 parent-child study sessions were held. The ancient cultural relics and buildings hidden in the alley have now become a new space for cultural performances that are "small but exquisite", "small but beautiful" and "small but elegant".

  The Pigment Hall is a two-in-one courtyard, and a bookstore runs in the courtyard behind the theater. On Wednesday afternoon, the weekly reading party was held as scheduled. People expressed their opinions and had a happy conversation. The melodious sound of the guqin came from the next room - a guqin performing artist was playing the guqin. "It's so elegant. I didn't expect that there would be such enjoyment in the alley." A reader sighed.

  Luo Lan, the owner of the bookstore, said that in addition to reading clubs and guqin and tea art performances, cultural activities such as intangible cultural heritage experiences, flower classes, concerts, spring cocktail parties, art exhibitions, etc. are also held from time to time.

  This unique scenario supports the consumer industry

  In the area of ​​Dazhalan, Qianmen, there are many guild halls scattered in Caochang Hutong on the north side of Sanlihe Park. They are witnesses of Beijing's urban development and an important witness to the openness and integration of ancient capital's culture.

  In recent years, Linfen Association, Pigment Association, Shaozhou Association, etc. have opened their doors to welcome guests. Citizens and tourists can visit special exhibitions, taste tea, and watch performances. These ancient buildings of the guild echo each other with Sanlihe Park. While retaining the urban cultural memory, they also create a spiritual home in the downtown area for citizens and tourists.

  Lai Yang, executive vice president of the Beijing Business Economics Society, believes that the core competitiveness of physical business is to provide irreplaceable cultural experiences and emotional connections online. The historic hutong districts and ancient building spaces have deep accumulation and cultural connotations, and also provides unique scene support for new consumer formats.

  The reporter learned from Tianjie Group, the operator of Qingyun Ershisan Art Center and the Pigment Hall, that in the second half of this year, a consumption block will be built near Xianyukou Street, introducing more trendy business formats that young people love, so that the Hutong area will further rejuvenate new consumption vitality. (Yang Tianyue)

[Editor in charge: Nie Jing]