狂歡與暴力，聚焦三里屯的前世今生
王霜舟2015年8月17日
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《中國新聞周刊》的一篇文章指出，三里屯擁有“全北京最長的夜晚”，外國人和中國人狂歡到天明。
週四，北京一名男子持刀殺害了一名年輕的中國女子，並刺傷其法國丈夫。這起案件再次讓全國關注起首都的一片著名地區。那里以購物和飲食而聞名，近年來越發高檔，卻有時候會觸及罪案與暴力活動。
該地區名為“三里屯”，位於北京的東三環裡面，曾是一座鄉村，因在老城牆以外三里路而得名。在六七十年代，這裡成了一片住宅與外交使館區。後來，隨著中國的逐步開放，這裡變成了外匯店與北京首批西式酒吧的聚集地。
關於哪家是開在三里屯的第一個酒吧，存在一定的爭議，然而《中國新聞周刊》與《南方周末》均認為是開業於 1995年的“咖啡咖啡”。在那之後，不少酒吧陸續在三里屯的北側和南側冒出來。中外年輕人會聚集在那裡喝酒跳舞。那些酒吧以售賣廉價酒出名，有時候甚至是假酒。
10年後，在為2008年的夏季奧林匹克運動會作準備期間，北京開始重新開發該區。部分酒吧被拆除，原址用來興建亮眼的新購物中心，比如三里屯太古里。這裡原名為三里屯Village，其中的“village”一般不會翻譯成中文，因為這個字眼帶有鄉下的意思，與這座商場精緻時髦的消費主義形像不協調。這座室外購物中心擁有阿迪達斯(Adidas)、蘋果(Apple)、耐克(Nike)和優衣庫(Uniqlo)的大型店鋪。
上月，一段內容為兩人在優衣庫試衣間性愛的視頻在網上廣泛傳播，那家店鋪由此成為了全國熱議的話題。週四的襲擊案發生在優衣庫商店前的廣場，那裡經常擠滿顧客與拍照的遊客。
蘋果商店，特別是它門前的那片地方，不時會在新品發售期間上演黃牛黨與店員之間的衝突，比如2011年iPad 2和2012年iPhone 4S發售時。
儘管臨近一處警務站，三里屯還是擁有違法販毒活動猖獗的名聲。警察經常表現出對那些交易視而不見，卻偶爾會以外國毒販為目標展開掃毒行動。這類突擊行動遭到了批評，理由是存在對黑人進行種族定性的歧視行為，以及在某些時候對他們過份使用武力。
《中國新聞周刊》在最近的一篇文章中檢視了三里屯的一整夜，傳達了一種瘋狂、疲倦又帶有些許灰暗的體驗。
“有時你能隱隱感受到整個三里屯陷入疲憊，”文章寫道。“外國人也在聊和中國人一樣的話題：霧霾、房子和物價。”
文中指出，那裡“擁有全北京最長的夜晚”，外國人跟中國人狂歡到天亮。“凌晨，在三里屯趴活的出租司機會帶走這裡的人群，”文章還寫道。“他們見證了各式各樣的嘔吐、千奇百怪的痛哭和莫名其妙的尖叫。”
Daylight Killing Brings Beijing District of Sanlitun Under Scrutiny
AUSTIN RAMZY August 17, 2015
An article in China Newsweek said Sanlitun had “Beijing's longest night,” where foreigners and Chinese party until morning.
The killing of a young Chinese woman and the wounding of her French husband by a man with a sword in Beijing on Thursday refocused the country's attention on one of the Chinese capital's most famous districts, an increasingly upscale place known for shopping, eating and drinking, but sometimes tinged with an edge of crime and violence.
The district, Sanlitun, inside the eastern stretch of the city's Third Ring Road, was once a village. Its name comes from its location — three Chinese miles, san li, or about one English mile, outside the former city wall. It became a residential and diplomatic quarter in the 1960s and '70s. Later, as China opened up, it became the site of foreign exchange stores and some of Beijing's first Western-style bars.
While there is dispute over the first bar to open in Sanlitun,China Newsweek and Southern Weekend identified it as Coffee Coffee, which opened in 1995. Subsequently, bars opened on streets in both the north and south sides of the Sanlitun neighborhood. Young Chinese and foreigners gathered there to drink and dance in bars that were famous for cheap and sometimes even counterfeit liquor.
A decade later, as Beijing was preparing for the 2008 Summer Olympics, the city began redeveloping the area. Some of the bars were torn down to build gleaming new shopping complexes like Taikoo Li Sanlitun, previously known as Sanlitun Village. The “village” from the earlier name typically was not translated into Chinese, as the word carries rustic connotations that clash with the mall's image of sophisticated modern consumerism. The outdoor mall has huge Adidas, Apple, Nike and Uniqlo stores.
The Uniqlo outlet became a national topic after a video of two people having sex in a dressing room circulated widely online last month. The assault on Thursday happened in the courtyard in front of the store, which is often filled with shoppers and tourists taking photographs.
The Apple store, particularly the area outside its doors, has been the scene of scuffles between scalpers and staff members when new products are released, such as the iPad 2 in 2011 and the iPhone 4S in 2012 .
Despite the proximity of a police station, the district is known for illicit drug sales. The police often seem to turn a blind eye to the trade, but they sometimes carry out sweeps targeting foreign dealers . Such raids have been criticized for racial profiling of black men and for the levels of violence sometimes used against them.
A recent article in China Newsweek examined an entire night in the neighborhood, conveying a wild, exhausting and sometimes grim experience.
“Sometimes you can feel all of Sanlitun is sinking into exhaustion,” it said. “Foreigners and Chinese alike are talking about the same topics: pollution, housing and the price of things.”
The article said the district had “Beijing's longest night,” where foreigners and Chinese party until morning. “By morning the Sanlitun taxi drivers will take the crowds away,” it continued. “They witness all kinds of vomit, fantastic crying and strange screaming .”
北京市朝陽區的地理位置
三里屯Village
三里屯內的酒吧街
歷史[編輯]
三里屯原為距北京城牆三里地的農舍，因而得名「三里屯」。附近原有老恭親王與多爾袞的陵墓，由於年代久遠而損壞。1952年，北京工業學校（現北京機電研究院）、北京舞蹈學校和北京師範學校遷來此處。1950年代中後期，由於北京開始進行大規模城市建設，許多拆遷戶遷至至此地，建立了「幸福村」。其後隨著居民人口的增多，先後修建了北京市第八十中學、朝陽醫院以及三里屯小學、三里屯一中和三里屯二中。1960年代初期，周恩來總理將此處闢為北京第二使館區並開始興建，眾多外交公寓相繼落成。隨著使館區的興建，三里屯日益繁華。在1980年代初期，中國第一家合資飯店「兆龍飯店」在此開業。爾後，北京第一間酒吧開設於三里屯南街，1995年三里屯北街開設第一家酒吧，期間酒吧區成名了。
環境[編輯]
三里屯酒吧街，位於各國使館及各國際機構駐京機構雲集的朝陽區北京第二使館區內，由此，「外國人很多」已成為該酒吧街一大特色，白領職員、傳媒工作者、演藝界人士、潮人也逐漸來往於此。 狹義的「三里屯酒吧街」只包括三里屯北街和三里屯南街，廣義的「三里屯酒吧街」則泛指以三里屯為中心的整片地區（北至新源里，西至幸福村，東至東三環，南至東大橋），其中亦散布不少零星酒吧。
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