now passing by Wudaokou, there is no longer the excitement that was in the past. Although it is still so fashionable, it is still youthful and even becoming taller and taller. But in essence, it no longer belongs to our generation. Rather, it is only related to our youthful memories.
Before the Internet, here was the most down-to-earth fashion.
first heard of Wudaokou in the late 1980s. At that time, I often followed a group of half-year-old children born in the 70s to go shopping here for clothes. Mainly denim clothes, jeans and even leather hugs (the sack pieces can be made into clothes here). At that time, the Wudaokou Clothing Market was located next to the Wudaokou Cinema, and there were stalls one by one. The clothing sheds were all a story.
At that time, I was still a fart kid in the city of SIR. My brothers said how to look good, so I would wear it. You said to stand up the collar, then stand up; you said that the sleeves of the denim jacket should be turned up, so you have to turn it up. Absolutely follow. In that era when there were no idols, older children were their idols and the objects of adoration by children. It wasn't until later that I realized that my buddies were actually wearing the same clothes as Hong Kong and Taiwan. And Hong Kong and Taiwan are also dressed in Japan and South Korea. Since Wudaokou is next to the Language Institute, there are many international students here, so it can be the most intuitive reference and imitation.
By the time my generation was young, Wudaokou has almost become a major source of Chinese rock music. A large number of bands are here (twisting machine, yaksha, brain turbidity, underground babies, mirrors, boring army, etc.), and there are bars, mouth band shops and music shops everywhere. Among the most famous bars are the Howling Club and Happy Land on the south side of the road after the clothing shed is relocated. It can be said that it was the earliest LiveHouse prototype in China.
(the picture shows the turbid band)
At that time, Reading City SIR would go to those mouth band shops to scan around every week to see if there were any new high-end products. At that time, it was like getting the most precious translations, picking, and constantly auditioning, as if you would not go on a slip if you only listen to the local (band music). Looking at it now, it's actually foreign garbage (rubbed with a dustpan). But more than ten years ago when the Internet was not popularized, it was definitely one of the most direct ways to obtain the cutting-edge music of the times.
Wudaokou from 1997 to 2007, the clothes are the most fashionable, the music is the most fashionable, and even the hairstyles and dresses of passersby are the strangest. Hippy cockscomb heads, which were only seen on TV when they were young, are very common here. All kinds of yellow hairs, green hairs, dirty braids, hedgehog heads. Correspondingly, all kinds of black cultural shirts are gone. At that time, Wudaokou was on the northwest side of the first eight houses and the last eight houses. It felt like an urban-rural junction. The environment was dirty and poor, and there were not as many high-rise buildings as there are now. In addition, there were many children playing teams, so the graffiti here The works are relatively large and mature.
time has passed. With the entry of a number of new enterprises such as Netease and Sohu, Wudaokou has become increasingly international and diversified today. Here you can see petty bourgeoisie, white-collar workers, Kazakhstan, Hari, Xiaoqingxin, Mengmeizhi, etc. Yes, the local turtles have no trace except office workers. The noisy, messy and messy little bars in the past are now replaced by bright new nightclubs and cafes.
Reading City SIR himself has entered middle age in a blink of an eye, and I am embarrassed to go to the clothing store to buy two pieces of original orders and look cool. Sometimes I miss those little brothers who can restore the sloppy girdle with a small screwdriver, miss those rock musicians who are still shaking their heads and restlessly until two o'clock in the morning, and miss those who fell from this bed today. Next, Jian Guoer, who will stand up from another bed tomorrow... But I am very calm, because this is Wudaokou, and everything has its own descendants.
again today passing by Wudaokou, the only thing that can still make me vaguely think about the starting point, may be the 13CLUB and Red Dragonfly piano store. As for where did the clothing store go? any left? Let it be all with the wind.
