Curator Selection / 2024 / /

Street Symphony of Bells and Drums

In recent years, the area around the Bell and Drum Towers in Beijing, which is home to many famous historical buildings in the city center, has gradually become one of the destinations for tourists and locals to "check in," thanks to the rise of social media platforms. Local Beijingers have a complex attitude towards the internet check-in culture. On the one hand, they feel uncomfortable with the influx of different tourists into the places where they have lived since childhood. On the other hand, they find it interesting that their lives are re-examined every day by unfamiliar and novel eyes.