Shanghai Story (248): Hawking in the alley-1
Lifestyle
Length: 00:25:00
Date: 2015-12-26
Collection
Keywords: People's livelihood in Shanghai | Ethnic customs | The alley culture

At the end of the 19th century, Shikumen began to appear in Shanghai. The famous dubbing actor Cao Lei still remembers the hawking in the play Under the Roofs of Shanghai. All kinds of hawking kept popping up in the alley while the residents did not feel noisy because these hawking brought convenience to their life.