Article by AndrewJames
“Recruit there,” is the old businessman of signs and cover the company.Although modern “recruit there now is still a great deal with, but the people have not also don’t use this name, so almost exclusively in business history and folklore words can see.
The old Beijing business developed, old Beijing, of course, there is also well-known gathered.Remember four sentences “ShunKouLiu” way: “XianYuKou bricklaying floor, felt in well-known is black monkey, appearance placard is same, don’t know who is old hedgehog?”Say is the 1930s in front door contain XianYuKou specializing in selling boots felt hat and the “tian old springs cap, old beijingers shop called it” black monkey home “, almost forgotten its name — all because it the racy real cover “black monkey”.
See gate flanked on each side has a 2 feet tall woodcarving gold, carrying a small black monkey face a gold dollar treasure greet send into the store customers;Then all the businessmen to revolt emulated. Laughters
Old Beijing 360, for commercial industries have gathered there, such as cloths clothing shop chong, shoes, caps FanZhuang shop shop cotton shao-style tea house, restaurant, store ZaoTangZi spread knife cut “ready-mix” recruit guest, wine flags flying – old Beijing recruit more kinds there is the large number of old Beijing, the beautiful scenery of commercial landscape, also be the important embodiment of old Beijing culture.
Unfortunately, decades past, is now a Beijing to see this not less to gather the old Beijing but there is no easy task.In addition, see graphic work through folk pictures;Where can see many and the whole of the old Beijing really recruit there?This is because of the old Beijing’s massive recruit there (and toys) already in more than 60 years ago during the invading Japanese army occupied goes overseas, most of them survive the loss of natural-principles university in Japan.So Japan the old Beijing published books will become the Chinese folk folk scholars main reference books, justice in the university’s libraries and museums also become investigation old Beijing recruit there and toy fascinating halls.
Founded in 1925 natural-principles from foreign language school, the university of natural-principles developed in Japan, though not very outstanding university, but very has the characteristics of university, fame not too small;It is one of the features of natural-principles reference library established “” (a university museum) unique charm.University of natural-principles main Settings are sports strand, WenXueBu human strand, international culture, cultural anthropology strand, as the key point, folklore and life at home and abroad long-term effort to collect information and culture and folk collections in the “real, concentrated natural-principles library” and “reference museum,” of course natural-principles published research achievement also was not inconsiderable. Folklore
When HuJiaHuWei with aggression, of the university of natural-principles army cultural relics dealers around the southeast Asia, Korea and China, all countries culture folklore items into his pocket carnegie-give.In war of aggression against China, freedom from Beijing university of Chinese trawl gathered there and toys.Enter reference library, you must natural-principles surprised: in Japan, nara corner of the county should be such a large collection of rich Chinese material and material!In addition to the bronze jade, tang shells of pottery three-color etc besides, unexpectedly there are so many major Chinese was Beijing’s recruit there: here are “MiCu”, “ready-made clothes”, “baoquan” and many other signs, “large cloth boots”, “large pipe smoke” “big MuShu” and “the emperor shout to not board and many other recruit there, false ark window hung rooms – just as long as the winner take all come down to move move!Think, for our can also how many?
The past once said “dunhuang in China, while in Japan”, dunhuang studies in the page has turned over.However say to the old Beijing, may still gather there sadness.Once upon a time, not only the old Beijing in overseas, even old folk gathered there really guys in Japan;Although now own folklore has scale and in 1991 Beijing held “Beijing old shops recruit there exhibition”, but it is temporary gather;Will see drawings hard to see real.In this respect, how to study the full capital of Oriental culture color, must from many efforts, shoulder heavy responsibilities.
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