“It’s hard to find a book like One-Way Street nowadays where you can study in a free and open place surrounded by green trees and communicate with top writers, editors, directors, and musicians.” One-Way Street Books The museum is well aware of its uniqueness.
Unlike the bookstores with clear windows on the roadside that are visible to the naked eye, the location of the One-Way Street Library is extremely mysterious, whetting the appetite of visitors. The route is as follows: Enter from the east gate of Yuanmingyuan, turn right, turn left after passing the parking lot, then walk up a gravel road, and you will see an arrow above the bamboo fence - "One-way Street Library". After passing the fence and gravel road along the long corridor, you turn left and right under the dense shade. Still confused and confused, the one-way street suddenly appears in front of you. When you are immersed in the scene, you can't help but recall the two sentences of Du Fu's Qilu "Guest Arrival": "The flower path has never been swept by guests, but the gate is now open for you."
It is not too much to call a one-way street library a farmhouse in a "paradise". This two-part bookstore was cleverly created by the designer into an open space: the main body of the bookstore converted from a gallery and a courtyard of more than 200 square meters, with several tall trees growing in the yard with lush leaves. There are more than a dozen beige two-seater sofas in the corridor, which are soft to sit on. Next to them is the slender standing glass. The soft sunlight shines in, making it warm and comfortable. There are more than a dozen iron-legged glasses placed randomly in the yard. There is a table, and there are wicker chairs and canvas chairs beside the table. Through the swaying leaves, the courtyard is filled with golden sunshine. At this time, readers can find the most comfortable position and posture, hold a book they like in hand, and spend a dreamlike time.
Xu Zhiyuan, the owner of the bookstore, described the One-Way Street Bookstore this way: "The bookshelves up to the ceiling are 30 meters long, and it takes about 20 minutes to walk from one end to the other. If you catch a sunny day During this process, about ten beams of sunshine will hit you warmly and lazily. In the winter, you can soak up the sun. In the summer, you can sit in the courtyard, listen to Mozart, drink beer, and read the works of the lost generation of writers. Occasionally I pass by "The Girl Like Spring"
As I walk into the store, I see that the entire south wall is covered with huge black and white portraits, all of which are masters of literature, philosophy, art, etc. in the world. Of course there is Benjamin who the shop owner loves. The entire row of white bookshelves on the north side is also very eye-catching. A thirty-meter book wall lists original English books (not for sale), second-hand books, media, Chinese studies, recommended books, philosophy, social anthropology, biographies, etc. Since most of the founders are practitioners in the media and publishing, they have industry knowledge or professional sensitivity beyond ordinary people, so One-Way Street is characterized by a rich and diverse range of books on news, publishing and media. If you are not an impatient person and want to get a general understanding of each bookshelf, it will take you about 30 minutes to walk from one end to the other. During this process, about ten rays of sunlight will hit you, warm and Lazy.
Painter Liu Xiaodong commented on the bookstore: "This small bookstore is the most beautiful I have ever seen. It is not easy for such a big city to retain such a small and quiet paradise. Simple, simple, It has sentiment and quality and is world-class.
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