Comments on: Reduced to Memories: Tianjin’s hutongs http://chinahopelive.net/2008/07/03/reduced-to-memories-tianjins-hutongs A cross-cultural adventure with the personal side of China Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:30:18 -0800 hourly 1 By: Slogans from the demolition zone | China Hope Live http://chinahopelive.net/2008/07/03/reduced-to-memories-tianjins-hutongs/comment-page-1#comment-8768 Slogans from the demolition zone | China Hope Live Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:14:42 +0000 http://chinahopelive.net/2008/07/03/reduced-to-memories-tianjins-hutongs#comment-8768 [...] Magazine article: Reduced to Memories: Tianjin’s hutongs [...] [...] Magazine article: Reduced to Memories: Tianjin’s hutongs [...]

]]> By: Fire-Cupping & Guasha for Dummies | China Hope Live http://chinahopelive.net/2008/07/03/reduced-to-memories-tianjins-hutongs/comment-page-1#comment-7842 Fire-Cupping & Guasha for Dummies | China Hope Live Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:54:42 +0000 http://chinahopelive.net/2008/07/03/reduced-to-memories-tianjins-hutongs#comment-7842 [...] Tianjin bathhouse ever since getting to peek inside one that was located in some of Tianjin’s doomed hutongs. Watching the Chinese movie Shower gave me a glimpse of the charm and community these places [...] [...] Tianjin bathhouse ever since getting to peek inside one that was located in some of Tianjin’s doomed hutongs. Watching the Chinese movie Shower gave me a glimpse of the charm and community these places [...]

]]> By: Joel http://chinahopelive.net/2008/07/03/reduced-to-memories-tianjins-hutongs/comment-page-1#comment-1956 Joel Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:27:44 +0000 http://chinahopelive.net/2008/07/03/reduced-to-memories-tianjins-hutongs#comment-1956 Well, I don't want to romanticize it. More often than not these places were overcrowded, noisy, dirty, bad plumbing, and everyone was in everyone else's business. People, especially the old people, miss it because it was their home; it's where all the memories are. And moving to apartment blocks on the outside of town can seem lonely, and people in that situation do sometimes say they miss the old neighbourhood feeling of the hutongs. But they also have plenty to complain about regarding the hutongs as well. There was an article a few months back in <em>China Today</em> about this very thing - old people relocated to apartments trying to forge an old sense of community in a new living environment. Well, I don’t want to romanticize it. More often than not these places were overcrowded, noisy, dirty, bad plumbing, and everyone was in everyone else’s business. People, especially the old people, miss it because it was their home; it’s where all the memories are. And moving to apartment blocks on the outside of town can seem lonely, and people in that situation do sometimes say they miss the old neighbourhood feeling of the hutongs. But they also have plenty to complain about regarding the hutongs as well. There was an article a few months back in China Today about this very thing – old people relocated to apartments trying to forge an old sense of community in a new living environment.

]]> By: Sean http://chinahopelive.net/2008/07/03/reduced-to-memories-tianjins-hutongs/comment-page-1#comment-1955 Sean Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:16:02 +0000 http://chinahopelive.net/2008/07/03/reduced-to-memories-tianjins-hutongs#comment-1955 This is a great article. I guess any time a country jumps into an industrial revolution it doesn't know quite what to do with it's cities and the mass hoards of people that come into them. There was some serious community developed in these places. People loved their experiences, man they were some pritty cool experiences from what it looked like. Congratulations on the Anniversary and Dude great article. This is a great article. I guess any time a country jumps into an industrial revolution it doesn’t know quite what to do with it’s cities and the mass hoards of people that come into them. There was some serious community developed in these places. People loved their experiences, man they were some pritty cool experiences from what it looked like.

Congratulations on the Anniversary and Dude great article.

]]> By: Joel http://chinahopelive.net/2008/07/03/reduced-to-memories-tianjins-hutongs/comment-page-1#comment-1951 Joel Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:32:05 +0000 http://chinahopelive.net/2008/07/03/reduced-to-memories-tianjins-hutongs#comment-1951 Jen, What, Darren didn't tell you? We've been swapping every second Thursday for the last five years. Will it be baby or thesis first? Jen,

What, Darren didn’t tell you? We’ve been swapping every second Thursday for the last five years.

Will it be baby or thesis first?

]]> By: Jen http://chinahopelive.net/2008/07/03/reduced-to-memories-tianjins-hutongs/comment-page-1#comment-1947 Jen Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:31:20 +0000 http://chinahopelive.net/2008/07/03/reduced-to-memories-tianjins-hutongs#comment-1947 Joel, Really quickly because there are about 7 million things I should be doing right now... It has been a while since I checked out your blog but 1) it is really cool, and I should do it more often and it is so interesting hearing about and seeing life on the other side of the planet 2) I thought you might want to know that I saw a few of these pictures and thought "What the heck is Darren doing in China?" Not that you two haven't heard THAT before! Happy Anniversary, and God bless the two of you. We will try to update our blog more regularly when the baby comes (in a month - ahhh!!!!) Joel,

Really quickly because there are about 7 million things I should be doing right now…

It has been a while since I checked out your blog but 1) it is really cool, and I should do it more often and it is so interesting hearing about and seeing life on the other side of the planet 2) I thought you might want to know that I saw a few of these pictures and thought “What the heck is Darren doing in China?”

Not that you two haven’t heard THAT before!

Happy Anniversary, and God bless the two of you. We will try to update our blog more regularly when the baby comes (in a month – ahhh!!!!)

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