Change of Public Space and Urban Daily life——Taking Modern Tea House in Nanjing as an Example

Public spaces and public life is not the subject of the general spaces for public issues but for the daily life of the citizens.This essay takes the tea houses as the researching subject in that tea house is one of the most typical public spaces symbolizing the traditional urban culture.By historical researching of this micro public space and public life, it discusses the change of urban life and culture in Nanjing on the background of social transformation.