亭台之间有一个怪怪的长廊，里面有很多算命的小亭子间。

Within the complex there is also a kooky arcade filled with dozens of booths operated by fortune-tellers.

抗战爆发后，大批“亭子间”的作家知识分子走向战场，开始学习采用大众最喜闻乐见的方式讲述战场上的故事；

A lot of writer of intellectuals in shed walked out to the battlefield after Japan declared war on China in 1937. They told many stories from the battlefield with the folk style.