北京的衚衕房屋內部

Gu Chen has slept and worked in the same one-room apartment in Beijing's ancient 'hutong' neighbourhood of Beixinqiao all his life.

古晨在北京古老的北新橋衚衕的一個單間套房裏生活和工作了一輩子。

Most mornings he rises from a twin bed that he shares with his wife and walks a few feet to pull aside drapes covering the windows on the doors facing the street.

多數早晨，他們夫妻二人從一張雙人牀上醒來，走幾步，拉開對着街道的門上的窗簾。

Then the 58-year-old settles onto the concrete stoop fronting his shop and gets to work repairing electronic appliances for his neighbours.

然後，58歲的他開始坐在店鋪前的小門廊上給鄰居們修理家電。

Rent has increased five fold in the past decade but Gu still charges customers as little as ￡4.8 for each repair.

房屋的租金已在過去的十年中已經增加了五倍。但古大爺收取顧客的修理飛仍然只是4.8英鎊每件。

'It is still affordable here compared to the modern apartments and the one-story level means ... I don't have to pay additional rent for a separate shop' Gu said.

古說“與現代公寓和單層房屋相比還是這裏相對實惠，還是可以負擔得起的…我不需要支付額外的店鋪租金”。

Gu's home is located on the outer edge of a courtyard dwelling with curved tiled rooftops hundreds of which form networks of 'hutong' alleyways in the heart of China's capital city.

古的家位於一個庭院的外緣，這些擁有彎曲瓷磚屋頂的房屋構成了中國首都中心地點的衚衕網絡。