Bars originated in continental Europe, but it wasn't until the 6th century AD/KLOC that the word "bar selling drinks" came into being, and then it was further mutated and expanded in the United States, and only entered China ten years ago. The word "ba" is still a recent thing. After entering China, bars have developed rapidly, especially in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu and other places: bars in Beijing are rough and open, bars in Shanghai are delicate and sad, bars in Guangzhou are lively and complicated, and bars in Shenzhen are the most passionate. On the whole. The night sky in the city can't be separated from the bar, and urbanites can't be separated from the bar. People need to forget and indulge in busyness. The number of bars in Beijing is the largest among the cities in China, and the bars operate in a variety of ways, with good and bad business. A basically stable three-point bar pattern has emerged in Shanghai. All three types of bars have their own distinctive features and special mood, and also have their own basic laws. The first kind of bars are campus bars, the second kind is music bars, and the third kind is commercial bars.

In China, the bar is a transplanted public space. Compared with the evolution history of bars in the west, it can be said that the bars in China are just a space without history and an imported imagination space. The imagination space of bars constitutes China people's imagination of western space and space. In this kind of imagination about the west, fashion consumption is full of it. In the eyes of many people, it is almost the only way of entertainment and leisure for westerners, and it is a frequent public communication space. The wave of globalization and the trend of economic integration are nothing more than westernization from the geopolitical point of view. The westernized lifestyle displayed in western public spaces has naturally become the object of fashion imitation. However, a space without history, like a person without history, is always so light and fashionable. In this light dance, the bar has become an empty fashion landscape.

What supports the fashion of a spaceship's historical landscape? Barmen may say that although I don't know the history of bars, I never want to know the history. Because, I like it, I don't need a reason; I don't need history to experience. For bars, I have my opinion, my experience and my imagination.

Although the bar is an empty landscape with no history in China, the emptiness of this landscape is not blank. Otherwise, no one wants to play in a blank landscape. What fills the gap in this land? What fills this blank landscape? It should be said that it is cultural imagination. Specifically, it is the western cultural imagination that constitutes these fillers. Western cultural imagination has become the filler of the bar landscape, and it is these imaginary things that make the entrance of the bar colorful and full of special significance in China.

In the early 1980s, the cultural imagination about the West constituted a common social psychological phenomenon in contemporary China. Reform and opening up have opened the door to the outside world. China people came out of the closed, autocratic, turbulent and backward history and began to open their eyes to see the world. China people are amazed by the development and progress of western society. A social psychology of advocating the west quickly breeds and spreads. With the import of household appliances in the 1980s, the progress of the West entered the daily life of ordinary people in the form of tangible products. This is a material force full of temptation and irresistible. In addition to material strength, there are also cultural influences. The introduction and dissemination of western film and television works make people feel the charm of the west from intuitive and perceptual images. In China in the early 1980s, people drank limited beer in large bowls in crowded and humble restaurants. There is a long queue of beer in a kettle, and it is like a holiday when you get home. People living in this situation can imagine the feeling of envy and yearning when they see the colorful bars in the mirror image of western movies and TV. Bars began to enter China with foreigners coming to China. At that time, only foreign-related hotels, that is, hotels that only received foreigners, had consumption space such as bars. It has become a mysterious and charming place. The cultural imagination of bars can directly satisfy people's admiration for the West. The bar provides a space for people to get in touch with the atmosphere of the west, making the cultural imagination about the west a real scene that can be touched, felt, tasted and experienced.

Judging from the geographical distribution of bar prosperity, bars were originally developed in coastal metropolises with greater openness. Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and other metropolises have successively formed relatively large-scale bar gathering areas. The famous bars are Sanlitun and Beihai Back Street in Beijing, hengshan road and Maoming South Road in Shanghai, Jiang Yan Road and Baitianchi Bar Street in Guangzhou. The formation of these bar clusters is closely related to the places where foreigners live. Most of them are in foreign embassy districts, such as Sanlitun in Beijing; Or near luxury hotels with more foreign tourists, such as hengshan road Bar Street in Shanghai and White Swan Pool Bar Street in Guangzhou. This spatial proximity shows that the spatial production of bars is closely related to westernization.

Judging from the name of the bar, the pursuit and imitation of westernization have a vital influence on the style of the bar. When promoting themselves, bars often promote their English, American and European styles. And use it as a signboard to attract customers. After online inquiry, we can see that the westernization of bar names is a very common phenomenon, such as Irish bars, Venetian bars, Scottish bars, Sao Paulo bars, French bars, Paris bars, Hawaiian bars, Hollywood bars, Champs Elysé es bars, jazz bars, Noah's Ark bars, cocktail bars and so on. All these directly reveal Lucy's oriental style. These western-style signs show the westernized image of the bar and satisfy people's cultural imagination of the west.

It should be noted that China's cultural imagination of the West has always been over-interpreted. This over-interpreted cultural imagination comes directly from people's obsession with western identity. In the eyes of many people, the moon in foreign countries is rounder than that in China. Excessive imagination and interpretation exaggerate everything in the west, making everything in the west fashionable and popular, becoming the pursuit that people yearn for and becoming a fashion trend. The popularity of the word "ba" is the product of this over-imagination and over-interpretation. In the west, in most cases, "bar" mainly refers to the space place of bar, while in China, the meaning of "bar" extends to almost all public consumption spaces. As a result, there are all kinds of "bars": tea bar, internet bar, movie bar, mud bar, pottery bar, book bar, oxygen bar, chat bar, talk bar and so on. "Ba" has replaced the ancient words of "museum", "courtyard", "building" and "shop", which has made all consumer space places have a distinct western color and become a popular space fashion. At that time, bars really appeared in a very "cultural" and rebellious manner, which was a tacit approval of our city to stay up late. It appears more and more quietly in every corner of China metropolis, becoming the world of young people and the place where subculture takes place. With the rapid development of urban culture, cinemas that once occupied all the scenery seem to be left out in the rise of bars, discos and video game rooms. Cool guys and spice girls who dress up as new people have a special liking for "bars", because singing and dancing, listening to music, chatting together, drinking tea and even disco dancing in bars are all-inclusive, showing their fashion style and naturally becoming a popular way of leisure and entertainment. Bar culture has only a history of more than ten years in China, but it has developed rapidly, which can be called the right time. Listening to traditional operas in teahouses and restaurants many years ago was the most important cultural life of the masses at that time. With the changes of the times, it is inevitable for the public to change and choose the orientation of music. Due to the large-scale development of foreign-funded and joint-venture hotels in Chinese mainland in 1980s, a considerable number of pioneers became interested in the bars in hotels. The mentality of pursuing development and change has prompted some people who originally opened restaurants and pubs to start bar business, copying this form of bar from hotels to the bustling blocks of the city and embassies and cultural and commercial districts where foreigners gather.

There is music, wine and many people. This seems to be the only thing most people know about bars. As the standard model of western wine culture, bars have attracted more and more attention. "Bar culture" bars appeared quietly and more and more in every corner of China metropolis in 1990s. There are many kinds of bars in Beijing, the bars in Shanghai are charming, and the bars in Shenzhen are the most passionate. This has become a world for young people, and it is also a place where subcultures take place. The rise and prosperity of bars are closely related to the economic, social and cultural changes in China, and the pace of bars has kept pace with the times. It was a bar named "Red Duke" that first appeared in Shenzhen. No performances, no karaoke. People just drink, chat and dance disco in it. Its place is not big, and the decoration is more casual, but it is very popular; The crowded seats have narrowed the distance between people; The dance floor is small, but the music from the DJ makes people jump crazy. Bar has become a rapidly developing subculture phenomenon, which has attracted the attention of Shenzhen society and attracted people of different ages and classes to try and participate. Various bars and discos have become popular in Shenzhen, and this new concept of entertainment has become the mainstream of life in Shenzhen. The main features of Shenzhen Bar are DISCO and crazy electronic music. The strong beat and the sense of participation in the crowd make many people almost forget themselves.

At the end of 1996, rave parties and club culture, which had been popular in Europe, America and Japan for a long time, began to spread to Shenzhen. 1June 5438+9971October The sound department party held in HOUSE and the future mixing party held in Sunshine JJ made Shenzhen people experience the crazy magic of rave party for the first time. The emerging electronic music and dance music brought by top European DJs kept them dancing until they stayed up all night. Their wonderful live mixing and disc playing performances made Shenzhen people feel refreshed. The music, fashion and entertainment trends triggered by rave parties have become a landscape in bars and discos, reflecting the night sky of Shenzhen city life. The epitome of Chinese and western bars, the most famous one here is Jiuyanqiao Bar Street. Castle Bar combines the best local and foreign bars. This rising city has made continuous progress.