Disappearing bathhouses in Shanghai

 

编者按：混堂是对老上海公共浴室的称谓。混堂的水，一天一池子，所有的浴客来了都在这个池子里泡。水混了，人干净了，一天的疲劳也就随着蒸汽飘散了。孵混堂，曾是上海人重要的生活方式之一。现如今，由于经营惨淡，“混堂”在上海日渐消失。上海沐浴行业协会的数据显示，整个上海滩，能保留下的“混堂”最多也就20来个。黄浦区府谷街里的丽水浴室，就是其中资格最老的一个。来这里的老浴客，年龄大多超过一甲子。这里，还努力地保留着一个“混堂”的“范儿”：进出门时木头做的筹码，凭着这来换取柜子的钥匙；蒸热的毛巾，放在泡沫塑料箱中；免费的老式茶杯；小瓶的可乐汽水……不过，那些钟情于“混堂”的人们也都逐渐老去，而年轻人对此则是毫无兴趣。
Editor's note: Old bathhouses, where people can relax in hot public water pools, are on the brink of extinction in Shanghai because of lack of business. Part of a unique lifestyle in Shanghai, the old bathhouses of which no more than 30 remain, are replete with the memories of wood chips used for ID purposes, steaming towels as well as old teacups and Coca Cola in small bottles. With visitors now mostly restricted to those over 60 years of age, public baths seem to have little appeal for the younger generation.

 

图为黄浦区府谷街里的丽水浴室。上海沐浴行业协会的数据显示，整个上海滩，能保留下的“混堂”最多也就20来个。[中国网 赖鑫琳 摄] Lishui Bathhouse in Huangpu District. According to the Shanghai Bathhouse Guild, there are no more than 30 bathhouses still open in the city. [Photo by Lai Xinlin / China.com.cn]

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