Vanishing ChengDu Memory: XiaoGuanYuan

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XiaoGuanYuan:Vanishing ChengDu Memory

iWalk 11 August 2009 19 Comments

XiaoGuanYuan(小观园) was an old small garden hotel located in Kuan XiangZi (Kuan Alley 宽巷子),ChengDu,Sichuan. I had lived there for some days some years ago. It’s one of my typical memories of old Chengdu. But, You can never see it again, Yeah, it was dismantled too!

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That’s spring day when I lived in XiaoGuanYuan. Many kinds of flowers were blooming. I can never forget the warm feelings of lazy sunshine there.

Such a good garden was dismantled just because they want a NEW Kuan Alley to allure tourists! What a pity!

Tags: ChengDu, China Travel, Kuan Alley, SiChuan, XiaoGuanyuan

19 Comments »

foongpc said:

Hi, quite some time didn’t drop by here! Just returned from my trip in Guilin. Wondering if you can access my blog cos in China I could not access any blog using blogspot!

Oh, they dismantled the place? That’s a pity! I thought tourists prefer to see ancient buildings and soak in the history of the place?
foongpc´s last blog ..Souvenirs From Guilin

iWalk reply on August 12th, 2009 10:08 am:

Yeah, Long time no see,foongpc.
Blogspot.com is still blocked to us! It’s so sad to lost the news from my online friends!

How about your Guilin trip? Jam from “Life is like that” went to Guilin too, I think you know each other too.

You know there are many low-level local officers here. They have already destroyed many good things.:(
iWalk´s last blog ..XiaoGuanYuan:Vanishing ChengDu Memory

foongpc reply on August 13th, 2009 2:16 am:

Why did they block blogspot? I really don’t like all these banning and blocking. It’s against freedom of expression!

Oh, of course I know Jam! We went to Guilin together! It was fun and he’s the perfect tour guide. Well, he did all the research and I just followed his itinerary : )
foongpc´s last blog ..My First Day In China

jam reply on August 13th, 2009 9:05 am:

iWalk, I went to Guilin together with Foong. I failed my mission to meet Liu Sanjie though…
jam´s last blog ..Heading to Longji Rice Terraces

iWalk reply on August 13th, 2009 2:08 pm:

Not only Blogspot, But also Twitter,Face Book, Flickr, My space……

Oh, It’s so great to travel with friends! I always act as Jam, do all the research for the trip.
iWalk´s last blog ..XiaoGuanYuan:Vanishing ChengDu Memory

iWalk reply on August 13th, 2009 2:09 pm:

Oh Jam, Do you love the song of LiuSanjie?
I love them very much.
iWalk´s last blog ..XiaoGuanYuan:Vanishing ChengDu Memory

# 11 August 2009 at 10:34 pm

景晖 said:

好美丽的地方，有历史和文化，花园好漂亮！这些春天开放的花真美！！

为了游客，把这个美丽的地方坼掉，很可惜！！

每个国家都会面对这个问题，我门得想办法保留这些历史和文化！

景晖
http://www.photojournalist-tgh.tv
景晖´s last blog ..On 14/08/2009-365 Days Countdown to 1st Youth Olympics Games!

iWalk reply on August 12th, 2009 10:19 am:

是啊景晖，不知道为啥他们就不明白究竟什么才是真正有吸引力的！
总是把值得保留的拆掉，去建了一堆没有意义的仿古建筑，唉！
iWalk´s last blog ..XiaoGuanYuan:Vanishing ChengDu Memory

# 12 August 2009 at 12:39 am

SGE said:

To bad they dismantled it. It definitively seamed a beautiful place.
SGE´s last blog ..Munttoren, Amsterdam, Netherlands

iWalk reply on August 13th, 2009 2:10 pm:

Thanks SGE, can’t meet you on Facebook & blogspot for so long time! Miss you so much!

SGE reply on August 13th, 2009 6:59 pm:

I’ve been out for a few days and after that my computer died
I’ve installed linux (ubuntu) on it and it’s up and running again so, I guess I’ll be stopping by much more often now!
Cheers,
SGE
SGE´s last blog ..Munttoren, Amsterdam, Netherlands

# 13 August 2009 at 1:50 am

jam said:

It is a pity! I think in another 10 plus years, there will hardly be any old building left in China.
jam´s last blog ..Heading to Longji Rice Terraces

iWalk reply on August 13th, 2009 2:12 pm:

I hope it will never be like that, Though I know maybe you are right.

# 13 August 2009 at 9:07 am

Heather Dugan said:

That IS sad. ~Looks like it was a lovely hideaway. I especially like your hallway photo.
Heather Dugan´s last blog ..Landmark Design with a “Point”

iWalk reply on August 13th, 2009 2:13 pm:

Thanks Dugan.
Hope you enjoy your days in SF!

# 13 August 2009 at 10:08 am

Che-Cheh said:

This is such a beautiful building. Too bad eh they have to dismantled it.

iWalk reply on August 17th, 2009 11:20 am:

Hi Che-Cheh, It’s strange I couldn’t open your pages totally these two days, I could only open the part of the sidebar! I am so glad it’s ok today!

Maybe something wrong with my network.
iWalk´s last blog ..XiaoGuanYuan:Vanishing ChengDu Memory

# 13 August 2009 at 2:57 pm

Cashmere said:

Hi,
Been some time since I last visited.. Hope you’re doing great.

Back to the topic. It’s such a beautiful place.. Like those I see on TV. Such a pity it was dismantled.
Cashmere´s last blog ..Nintendo DSi : Lego Art