A cafe in the old house of a celebrity's former home.

When you rush out of a Starbucks or costa store with packaged coffee, will you yearn for a leisurely taste of a cup of coffee in an old house where plants grow toward yellowed old photos and rattan chairs sleep in clear music? If that old house still retains the traces of the splendor of people decades or even hundreds of years ago, do you already have an impulse to "leave right away"?

This Life Peanut Cafe

In a previous life, Duan Qirui was in power.

The building, located at 3 Zhang Zizhong Road in Beijing, was once the residence of the Prince of Qinghe, later transformed into the Admiralty of the Beiyang government, and later the seat of Duan Qirui's government. Most people know that this place is through Lu Xun's famous article "commemorating Mr. Liu Hezhen." Liu Hezhen and other young people were shot and killed by Duan Qirui's government guard for petitioning here.

The magnificent Zhu lacquer gate can also see the traces of the Prince's House, which has a beautiful brick-carved gray baroque building, which is the later office building of the War Department and the Admiralty. The former site of Duan Qirui's government is actually closed to the public, but there is a spacious coffee shop in the courtyard: peanut Cafe. On weekends, the Peanut Library will hold some travel-themed activities here to introduce the customs and customs of all parts of the world.

Thousands of colorful Books in this Life

Zhang ailing apartment in a previous life

Qiancai Bookshop Cafe is located on the first floor of Changde apartment, 195 Changde Road, Shanghai. Zhang ailing used to live on the sixth floor of the original Eddington apartment. Zhang mentioned in the article that the cafe downstairs, coupled with the fact that the apartment where she lived was not open to the public, made Qiancai Bookstore a place of pilgrimage.

There are old photos of Zhang ailing on the walls of the cafe, her works on the bookshelves, the old gramophone, the old suitcase, the dark pattern wallpaper, and the music of old Shanghai, all making people trance back to the days when Zhang ailing lived here.

The huge windows let the sun pour in, the coffee table was mottled, and outside the window was a different scene of heavy traffic. Pick an afternoon, come here, a cup of coffee, a dessert, a favorite book, make a delicate time.

The cafe under the pomegranate tree in this life

Former residence of Johnston in a previous life

Zhuang Shidun is Puyi's English teacher, whom Puyi mentioned many times in his memoir "the first half of my Life". Born in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, Johnston graduated from Oxford University, but speaks pure Mandarin with Beijing flavor and is familiar with Chinese culture. He is the first and last foreigner to have the title of "Imperial Master" in Chinese history. He has several residences in Beijing, including a painted hutong in Di'anmen, now a pomegranate tree cafe.

The simplicity of the small courtyard is integrated with modern elements, a graceful pomegranate in the courtyard. The boss is a returnee from France, gentle and kind, doing authentic French flavor. When the weather is warm, you can go to the open air to enjoy the sunshine and breeze, and the cats in the yard are famous in the small circle.

When the pomegranate blossoms, or the green or red pomegranate hanging from the branches, how comfortable is it to sit on the rattan chair under the tree and drink a cup of the boss's freshly ground coffee?

This life Xinlin Yuan No. 8 Cafe

Former residence of Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin

Xinlin Academy is an old teachers' residential area on the south side of Tsinghua University. No. 8 is where Liang Sicheng, Lin Huiyin and his wife lived. The design of the national emblem of the people's Republic of China and the Monument to the people's Heroes was born in this small courtyard.

This place does not have much decoration, bookshelves, photos, tables and chairs, simple but very interesting.

Yuyuan Art Cafe in this Life

Qian Zhongshu's former residence in a previous life

Yuyuan Art Cafe is one of the most artistic cafes in Wuhan. It is located on the edge of the old tree pond of Hubei Academy of Fine Arts in Xiaodongmen, Wuchang. The surrounding environment is elegant, and the design in the cafe is also very tasteful. In addition, this is the former residence of Mr. Qian Zhongshu. A lot of people come here. Some people say that this is the most common meeting place for Jiangcheng cultural elites.

Pan Lei / photo taken by Wen Bing

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