Yulin West Road
Buzzing bar-and-food lane where a hit folk song sent fans searching for a street that does not exist.
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This guide to Yulin West Road in Chengdu opens with a puzzle: a 2016 folk ballad by Zhao Lei promises a doorstep on Yulin Road, yet reporters found twenty three streets bearing that name and none of them a match. It follows the trail to a real address, and to the small bar there where painters including He Duoling and Zhang Xiaogang once traded sketches for drinks since 1997. Order at the bar counter, where the lyric that started it all still turns up printed on a coaster.
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