These houses, known as Shikumen.

这些房子又叫石库门。

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In my books, people sit in front of their shikumen [stone gate] houses and talk.

在我的书里，人们坐在他们的石库门房子前聊天。

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Until the 1990s, the area consisted of low-rise "Shikumen" or typical Shanghai stone-arched gate houses in narrow alleys.

在1990年代之前，这个区域由低矮的“石库门”所组成，所谓石库门是窄巷中典型的上海式石拱门楼。

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To get there, you have to pass a row of splendid shikumen (traditional stone-gate houses) , and the old-Shanghai textures continue once inside, with red-brick interior walls and reproduced stone gateways above doorways to rooms which are simple, but smart.

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