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With the development of science and technology, electronic network reading is more and more convenient, and paper books have been severely persecuted. Bookstores, like the decline of cinemas, were forced by the times, but they survived in the end. They represent a way of life and a place where aesthetics shapes life.

Bookstores, which represent slow life, have finally become a city lifestyle after accessing various forms such as coffee, lectures and salons.

In the city, we are used to shuttling between busy business districts and tall office buildings, busy doing everything, just like squeezing water in a dry sponge, squeezing out the last life, leaving only a breath.

Accustomed to being in a hurry, accustomed to the hustle and bustle of the city, it seems that I forgot to feel life and didn't see the real face of the city.

Some people will say, "to go to a city, you must visit bookstores and museums first." Bookstores are the preservation of urban landscapes, and museums are the historical accumulation of cities. "

Sanlian Taofen Bookstore is located in Kuanzhai Lane Lane, next to the most famous "Ma Tieshi" in the alley.

This is the most iconic tourist attraction in Chengdu, with a daily flow of tens of thousands of people. It is formed by parallel arrangement of wide lanes, narrow lanes and wells, all of which are antique quadrangles and made of blue bricks. It is a pure land in the hustle and bustle.

Therefore, the bookstore retains the original quadrangle structure, including beams, columns, doors and windows. The basic structure of all the old quadrangles has not changed at all, but the biggest change is the re-infiltration and collocation of colors.

Walden Lake on the grand entrance is the name of the restaurant before Sanlian Taofen Bookstore moved in, and it has been preserved so far that Walden Lake has become one of the best-selling books in the bookstore.

In fact, Sanlian Bookstore is not a "store". Sanlian Bookstore is a life bookstore, Xinzhi bookstore and reading publishing house founded by 1932 in Shanghai. "Taofen" changed its name to Sanlian Taofen Bookstore because the founder of Sanlian Bookstore was Mr. Zou Taofen.

The bookstore was designed and built by teacher Wang Hai, the designer of The Hometown of Chongde. The overall style is fresh and solemn. Teacher Wang Hai told us that the doorframes and windows in the bookstore are painted with elegant light blue, and you will find that this blue is half the color of the dark blue plaque in Sanlian Bookstore.

Entering the gate is a long corridor with excerpts from seven writers, including Qian Zhongshu, Fu Lei and Ge. The whole space in the bookstore is neatly divided into three areas: triple life, triple reading and triple activity.

Right in front of the gate is "Sanlian Reading". Outside the gate is noise, and inside is quiet freedom of reading. This is the hall in the quadrangle. The entrance is the bar, where guests can order a cup of coffee or tea and enjoy reading time. On the left and right are towering bookcases.

The space behind Sanlian Reading is Sanlian Activity and the reading room of Sanlian Bookstore, which provides readers with absolutely quiet reading space.

The glass door is also made of sound insulation material, and there is an ancient camphor tree in the middle, where floating hearts will be very calm.

On the back of the glass wall, there are three characters "speaking, writing and reading", which is actually a traditional reading concept.

On both sides of the glass corridor in the atrium, there are tables and chairs for the guests who come to the bookstore to rest. The bright colors add a lot of lively atmosphere to the whole bookstore.

On both sides of the front yard is the regional "Sanlian Life", which contains both the cultural and creative products of Sanlian's own brand and some foreign cultural and creative products, all of which are carefully selected.

There are not only independent brands, but also foreign products, which is also the diversified concept of combining domestic and foreign products displayed by Sanlian Taofen Bookstore.

"Sanlian Life" is an open platform, hoping to attract more young people and talents to participate and join the "Sanlian Life" platform to express and inherit.

Writer Zhang Xiaofeng once said: "The happiest thing in life is chatting, and reading is the most exquisite chat."

In the "Sanlian Reading" space of Sanlian Taofen Bookstore, excellent books of Sanlian Bookstore and other publishing houses are displayed, represented by a series of books.

Here you will find that there are few popular bestsellers, because I hope it can be different from other "fragmented" "supermarket fast food" bookstores and can guide readers to settle down and read good books.

Choosing a good book is the responsibility of the bookstore. Sanlian Taofen Bookstore pays special attention to the quality sense of the book itself when selecting books, and will also return to the essence that Sanlian Bookstore wants to convey. I hope you can feel the ideas conveyed through these books.

A group of excellent authors often gather here, and some academic forums, cultural lectures, book conferences and reading exchange and sharing activities will be held irregularly in the "triple activities" to provide a high-quality place for all those who love reading.

Also, bookstores will choose to open 24 hours every Friday and Saturday to provide readers with more reading time. In the exclusive time at night, I spy on my inner world, because this is the best time to communicate with myself.

No matter how the times change, bookstores will never die or even fall down. It will usher in a better future after repeated shocks and become a platform, an entrance and a place where people with similar interests or values can meet.

In our long life, there is always a part of time that should be reserved for reading.

Sanlian taofen bookstore

Address: No.30 Courtyard, Kuanzhai Lane, Qingyang District, Chengdu

Per capita: 47 yuan

Business hours: Monday to Thursday, 9:00-22:30 on Sunday.

All day Friday and Saturday

-Editor: Abby-

Photo photo @-Zhang Lingfei