一条老街，一段历史，几代人的记忆。时光冲刷下的古街，总是藏有许多故事。这里有9条老街，让我们一起探寻一下它的故事吧。
An old street is a piece of history carrying the memory of several generations. Timeworn streets have always stashed many stories. Here are nine of them quite famous in China, so let’s go and take a look…
苏州平江路
Pingjiang Road, Suzhou
一条长长的平江路，承载了苏州几百年的历史，这里有全苏州最有特色的小店铺，最有韵味的石板路。
Pingjiang Road is quite long and old, at least a few hundred years. It features the most distinctive shops and the most charming flagstones you can ever find in Suzhou.
与平江路垂直相接的是诸多狭窄的小巷，小巷的一头连着幽静古朴的平江路，一头连着鼎沸喧哗的都市街道，这样的平江路颇有一种大隐于市的感觉，又依稀有世外桃源的影子。
Intersected with Pingjiang Road are many narrow alleys, with their other ends connected to the hustle and bustle urban streets. So Pingjiang Road itself is like a quiet and peaceful recluse in the busy downtown but somehow taking the shape as Arcadia.
窄窄的青石板小巷、穿城而过的小河、划水而行的几艘画舫、白墙黛瓦的老房子，一切恬静平淡，勾勒出了平江路的神韵。
Narrow flagstones, town-crossing rivulets, paddling barges and old white-wash houses with cyan roof-tiles, all these sketch up its romantic charm of tranquility.
如果你喜欢江南，恰巧你是个女孩子，那一定要穿上旗袍，留下最美的瞬间，江南风景和旗袍是最能显现女生温润优雅气质的了。
If you are a girl who likes Jiangnan (regions south of the Yangtze River), then you have to wear Chi-pao to get yourself attired for the best image. Jiangnan scenery and Chi-pao best footnote the demure elegance of a girl.
苏州山塘街
Shantang Street, Suzhou
一千多年前大诗人白居易到苏州做官，看到去虎丘的路上河道淤塞，于是下令开凿了一条山塘河，逐渐山塘河附近形成了热闹的市井，山塘街由此诞生。
About a thousand years ago, when a legend poet Bai Juyi was on the way to take up his office in Suzhou, he saw the waterway there was silted up, so he ordered to excavate a river, Shantang River. Then this place was gradually evolved into a booming market named Shantang Street.
现在山塘街号称是“姑苏第一街”，它的格局具有最能代表苏州街巷的特点，河道纵横、小桥繁多。
Now this street is praised as ‘the First Street of Gusu’, with its architectures best representing the characteristics of Suzhou traditional alleys, intersected with rivers and bridges.
山塘街上店铺、住家鳞次栉比，这里的房屋多为前门沿街，后门临河，有的还建成特殊的过街楼。
The whole street is flanked with rows of shops and residential houses, most of their façades facing the street and their rear doors by the river. Some even built arcades across the street.
山塘街又是一条典型的水巷，河上装载着茉莉花、白兰花及其它货物的船只来来往往，游船画舫款款而过。
Shantang is a typical water-lane. Passenger crafts and boats fully loaded with jasmines, magnolias or other goods are often seen on the river.
拉萨八廓街
Barkhor Street, Lhasa
八廓街是为了建筑大昭寺，并随着大昭寺的发展而建设和发展起来的，距今已有1300多年的历史。
Barkhor Street was built for Jokhang Temple, and developed with this temple. It has a history of more than 1,300 years.
街道以大昭寺为中心，是朝圣者的转经路，在八廓街上，你会发现几乎所有拉萨人都会沿着顺时针方向走动，这是虔诚的藏民们在转经街转经。
The whole street centers around Jokhang Temple, a circumambulating road for the pilgrims. You will find on this street nearly all local residents walk clockwise – it was the devout Tibetans who are in a ritual of ‘turning scriptures’.
它较完整地保存了古城的传统面貌和居住方式，在街上有许多特色小店，琳琅满目的藏族手工艺品、各种各样的小吃，这一切都令人流连忘返。
The traditional old town and way of residence remain basically intact. There are many special shops here with an endless array of Tibetan handcrafts and local delicacies, all these will make travelers linger over…
这条路是曾经的历史再现，记录着藏民们的朴实和信仰，相信你也会被打动，被他们厚重而古朴、神秘而虔诚的文化氛围感染。
Barkhor Street is the reproduction of history, having recorded Tibetans’ guilelessness and faith. It is for sure that you will be touched by such cultural atmospheres that are decorous, archaic, mysterious and devotional.
北京烟袋斜街
Yandai Xie Street, Beijing
据说当时居住在北城的旗人，大都嗜好抽旱烟或水烟，烟叶装在烟袋中，由于烟袋的需求与日俱增，所以斜街上一户一户开起了烟袋铺，烟袋斜街也就因此得名。
It is said that Manchu who lived in the northern side of Beijing before were all addicted to smoking pipes (a long-stemmed Chinese pipe and water pipe similar to Shisha) with a small tobacco bag attached therewith. Since the demand for the tobacco smoking was increasing, households on this street started to open shops for business. Thus, Xie Jie became Yandai (literally, the tobacco bag) Xie Jie.
黄山屯溪老街
Tunxi Old Street, Huangshan
黄山屯溪老街是中国保存最完整的，具有宋、明、清时代建筑风格的步行商业街。老街的建筑群继承了徽州民居的建筑传统风格，白粉墻，小青瓦，鳞次栉比的马头墻......
Tunxi Old Street is a pedestrian shopping street featuring an architectural complex from Song, Ming and Qing Dynasties, one of a kind best preserved in China. The buildings here inherited the traditional architectural styles of Huizhou Residence which has white-washed walls, tiny cyan roof tiles, and staggered corbel-steps…
石板路意境幽古，店铺楼参差错落，老字号流光溢彩，保持着她特有的活力，建筑内雕梁画栋，徽派建筑砖、石、木三雕特色展现得淋滩尽致。
While the flagstone walk gives us an artistic feeling of some remote antiquity, the whole street is cluttered with rows of shops and stores outshined with famous brands thereby to keep its vitality. Carved beams and painted rafters are here and there, giving a full play to fine carvings over bricks, stones and woods that are uniquely found in Huizhou-styled buildings.
人们漫步在屯溪老街，仿佛领略到了15世纪中国街市的遗风余韵，屯溪老街因此被中外游人誉为活动着的“清明上河图”。
When sauntering inside, one might feel as if he were in the relique of a 15th century Chinese street. Tunxi Old Street is therefore known by tourists as a moving painting of ‘Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival’.
青岛八大关
Badaguan, Qingdao
“八大关”位于山东省青岛市太平角汇泉东部，是我国著名的风景疗养区，面积70余公顷，十条幽静清凉的大路纵横其间，其主要大路因以我国八大著名关隘命名，故统称为“八大关”。
Located at the east side of Qingdao City, Shandong Province, Badaguan is a famous scenic spot particularly for health tourism. It has an area of over 70 hectares with dozens of quiet cozy roads inside, basically named after the eight famous mountain passes of China, collectively referred to as ‘Badaguan’ (the eight great passes).
八大关集中了俄式、欧式、日本式等多个国家的建筑风格，有“万国建筑博览会”之美誉。
Badaguan has many historical buildings in foreign architectural styles, such as Russian, European and Japanese etc., having a reputation as the ‘Exhibition of the World’s Architecture’.
许多国家领导人和国际友人都曾在这里居住，漫步在每一条小路上，你都能看到青岛美丽的自然风景和富有文化底蕴的人文建筑。
Many state leaders and foreign dignitaries have stayed here before. Walking on each of its roads, you will see the beautiful natural sceneries and humanistic architectures enriched in cultural deposits.
哈尔滨中央大街
Zhongyang Street, Ha’erbin
哈尔滨中央大街步行街是目前亚洲最大最长的步行街，始建于1898年，初称“中国大街”。
Zhongyang Street Ha’erbin is the biggest and longest pedestrian street in Asia. First built in 1898, it was initially named ‘China Street’.
这条大街上汇聚了欧洲的各种建筑风格，这些建筑均体现了西方建筑艺术的精华，使中央大街成为了一条建筑的艺术长廊。
This street conglomerates all kinds of European architectures, all of which embody the essence of western construction styles, turning itself into an edificial art gallery.
走进其中，就像是到了巴黎，街道两旁的商店大多是外国人经营的外国品牌，满满的异域风情，在流光溢彩的夜色中，你绝对会沉迷于此。
Walking alongside, you will feel as if you were in Paris, with rows of shops on both sides owned by foreigners to sell foreign brands. So indulge yourself in the exotic customs and glittering night view.
上海多伦路文化街
Duolun Road Cultural Celebrities Street, Shanghai
鲁迅、茅盾、郭沫若、叶圣陶等文学巨匠及丁玲、柔石等左联作家的文学活动，铸就了多伦路“现代文学重镇”的地位和众多的文化名人故居。
The former residences of literary geniuses such as Lu Xun, Mao Dun, Guo Moruo, Ye Shengtao and many events hosted by Leftist writers Ding Ling, Rou Shi etc. has entrenched Duolun Road as the ‘Town of Modern Literature’
多伦路的路面用石块铺成，路两边的各式洋楼涂饰一新，门面洞开，皆为雅商，字画，古董，红木器具，一路列过去，甚是风雅。
Paved with small stones, Duolun Road is flanked with refurbished western-styles buildings with doors and windows opened for business. All are tenanted by refined merchants selling calligraphies, paintings, antiques and rosewood utensils, a kind of graces to see such products displayed along the road.
如果想要一睹老上海的风采，来这里准错不了，处处都有一种年代感。
If you wish to have a glimpse of old Shanghai, this is the place with more intense feeling.
海口骑楼老街
Qilou Old Street, Haikou
走进海口的骑楼老街，仿佛是时空穿越了，街道两旁都是南洋风情的建筑，骑楼建筑给人耳目一新的感觉，这种建筑风格在中国是很罕见的。
When walking into Qilou Old Street Haikou, you will feel as if you have traveled through time. Only arcade-styled building from Malay Archipelago can be found on both sides of the street, quintessentially rare in China that are bound to give you a refreshed feeling.
骑楼楼层都不太高，两三层的居多，有些还保留着早前的商号，和凭栏、门窗等处的精美雕花。
All these buildings are not tall, basically two to three floors. Some still keep their century-old merchant names. Exquisite carved decorations can be found on railings, balustrades, doors and windows.
一条老街就是一段历史，伫立在这些历经沧桑巨变的老街中，曾经的繁华扑面而来 ……
An old street is a piece of history. When you are standing silently on these old streets that have undergone drastic changes, the erstwhile prosperity surge up…
老街的魅力就在于它承载着曾经的种种过往，也许一条小河，一座石桥，或者一块青石板，都能让你想起好多好多故事，去吧，听一听它们的故事！
The glamor of an old street lies in its reminiscence of the past. Perhaps a rivulet, a stone bridge or a slabstone can let you recollect many of your past stories. So go there, and hear what they will say!
中国著名的几条古街，去逛一下，人生就完美了！
Life is not perfect without visiting these old streets in China!
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