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The last days of an old templePosted by Jeremy Goldkorn, April 8, 2008 6:03 PM
An episode of the Hard Hat Show, hosted by Mia Li, about Beijing's Xiefangde Temple, in its last days before destruction to make way for 'urban renewal'. |
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Comments on The last days of an old temple
“旧的不去新的不来”
why must foreigners insist upon obstructing china's advancement?
i say, torch this crumbling heapwith the brilliance of our olympic flame, and erect in its place a new temple--built of aluminum and blue-tinted plexiglas--to the glory of our rising motherland!
“旧的不去新的不来”
why must foreigners insist upon obstructing china's advancement?
i say, torch this crumbling heapwith the brilliance of our olympic flame, and erect in its place a new temple--built of aluminum and blue-tinted plexiglas--to the glory of our rising motherland!
——说这话的人是彻底的愚蠢与无知！！
Are you Chinese? Stop losing the face of China! Are you still living in the Cultural Revolution time?! Do you know anything about "Cultrual Relic Protection"?!
And this is not the only one...
Have a look at this:
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That was the old State Guesthouse of China in Qing Dynasty. Located in Xuanwu District as well... Destroyed in March 2008 by the CITIC Real Estate Company.
楼上的 akeyking: b.'s original comment reeks of sarcasm. No-one who really wanted to replace cultural relics with "aluminium and blue-tinted plexiglas" would describe it like that! Don't worry - b. is taking the mick.
Question: where is the Xiefangde Temple Exactly ?
The Xuanwumen street-sign and Wal-Mart are in the video; so I surmise it must be located in that general area.
Courtyard No.3, 5, 7 in Fayuansi Houjie (Fayuan Temple Back Street) and No.12, 12 Pangmen, 14 in Peiyu Hutong. It's right behind the famous Fayuan Temple in the west of Caishikou Dajie in Xuanwu district.
That's the exact location of the Memorial Temple of Xie Fangde.
Fayuansi district is on the protection-list.
I am outraged about how the corrupted real estate business in Beijing is eating away the last remnants of this once so grand city.
Soon Beijing will have no more mysteries to unveil...IT IS TRAGEDY AND THEY WILL REGRET IT