One Day at Reqing Store (热情商店的一天)

REQING STORE (热情商店)

Address / 地址
Rm 102, Building 6, No. 27, Zhong Zhangjia Lane,
Gusu District, Jiangsu Province, P.R. China
中国 · 江苏省苏州市姑苏区
中张家巷27号6栋102室

Opening Hours / 营业时间
03:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Tues. (周二) - Sun. (周日)

In this video, I visit Reqing Store (热情商店) in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, mainland China. I meet the owner, who is also my friend Galaxy Knight (he is also a producer, DJ & beat maker, concentrating on French House & v a p o r w a v e) and check out his amazing selections of vinyl records and artworks in his brand-new store.

The store is located in a small alley called Zhong Zhangjia Lane (中张家巷) near Pinjiang Road (平江路). This lane connects the ancient city of Suzhou and the most modern and luxury landmark Yanlord Cangjie (仁恒仓街), which unveils the underside of Reqing Store—conflict and integration of multicultural environment.

It's worth mentioning that the name of the store, Reqing (热情), was actually inspired by the Pokémon games. Reqing means passion in English. Galaxy Knight is a big Pokémon fan, and he will stop by a building called Poké Mart each time he enters the game. The Poké Mart is translated, or perhaps renamed, to Friendship Store (友谊商店) in the Chinese version. Thus, Galaxy Knight associates passion from friendship, and names his new business Reqing Store. He wants to make this store a MUST stop for both local residents as well as traveling visitors.

I stay the whole day, from opening to closing, listening to records, sharing drinks and stories with other customers. After a couple of hours playing records and talking about music, it becomes quite an intimate experience—full on and high energy. I meet so many amazing people and find out about their music journey. The store finally becomes an intimate place filled with passion, just as described in the store's name.

穿过平江路炙热并肩的人流，拐入一条临河的巷子，身后是逐渐远去的古城，目光所及则是新晋的潮流地标仓街，就在这一条时光交汇连接着古韵和摩登的中张家巷里，藏身着银河骑士李老板的新店：热情商店，一个打响了重构苏州夜生活第二枪的地方。

于是我便在这里舒舒服服的待了一天，真切的体会一下这家店的热情，顺便和老李聊了聊他和他这家店的故事。