Tuesday, 23 August 2016

Song Kou, an ancient town of "activation experiment

The hurtling in the process of urbanization, many towns, ancient villages face a dilemma: either failing to extricate themselves, old houses leaning keep pushing away; or in excess of business transformation, dented or context. Inheritance of the rural civilization in this tough game of looking for a way out. When journalists entered Fujian song Kou found here can understand the time traces of a thick, can also feel the vitality of the town renewal. Song Kou experiments may be able to provide a new option for the continuation of rural civilization and possibly.

"Song kou town, Fuzhou, a one-hour drive. Introduce young mayor, this town has more than 1000 years of history. Old houses preserved in the village, the villagers ' lifestyle is relatively simple. Walk in the town, there is always a sense of déjà vu. "The beginning of the year, entertainer Yao's Tweet, let song Kou Zhen became hot.

Located in yongtai County, Fuzhou City song kou town, trade developed, because of the ancient ferry crossing advantage-booming, now under the impact of urbanization, lonely silence. Most of the young people out to make a living, leaving only the elderly, women and children.

Has more than 160 ancient residential architecture of the town, and lead to its hosting of the country civilization, seemed to have disappeared in the inevitable decline until a special "meet" changed its fate.

Two years ago, focused on the construction of rural Taiwan "open joint" team select songkou plots, in collaboration with local government, relying on a group of young people, starting a country, economy and culture, "activation experiments".

This "activation experiments", don't want the country to be subservient to the economic culture of the city, don't want too much disturb native life and hope from both villages and everyday life in traditional lifestyles, ideas and social ethics, dialogue again, seamlessly with modern life, another way to realize Renaissance town in the new era.

"We want foreign culture and local culture found in the neutral point. Not a 99-degree heat traveling theme park, only to create a natural, slow, close to the ' temperature ' warm town of 37 degrees. "Song Kou Zhen Bao Ruifang, Secretary of said.

Regain confidence in a town lost

61 years old bamboo Zhuang Chuancheng remembered, at the age of 16 through the bamboo the most difficult hurdle "broken bamboo" excitedly master, dim lights, made up a small basket for yourself as a celebration. Three years later, his weaving career peak moments, "what pattern can make anything funny." But before long, way disciples have changed their line of door, Zhuang Chuancheng began to worry about their craft to be "brought into the coffin." "Factories are more than 100 dollars a day, even if we can't make a broken bamboo all day long so much. ”

Society has changed, and in the roar of the machines, many of the "slow work yields fine" master craftsmen will no longer be required. Bowing to livelihoods, Zhuang Chuancheng was diverted to sell snacks.

And Zhuang Chuancheng left behind by fast-moving time, and his one town. More than 32,000 people song Kou is China minzhong Transportation Center. Along with the decline of water, the dock song from prosperous and run-down, emigration, residence idle, the streets deserted.

Until 2014, the Taiwan "open joint" team's arrival, for the song Kou Zhen burst through a door of recovery. When full Taiwan team members to educate residents of the cavity "transformation blueprint", the villagers first reaction is "old town renovation? Tourism development! "

It's not. Bao Ruifang said, "we do not let people leave tourism development, transformation of the song's premise is not to disturb the locals still continued the traditional lifestyle and customs, as locals and their life is the town where the most precious. ”

Bao Ruifang assumption and Taiwan "open joint" team concept fits: town having to split into a unified modern or antique street, rehabilitation can be achieved. More than 10 years, "open joint" team in the Tainan area as the Center, creating a lot of renovation activation sample. Now, in the city, a much broader stage, they itch.

"We don't want the 123 cities, is in a remote place to start our ' revival town experiment ', to create samples of an ideal home. "" Open joint "team Ambassador Executive Teng Hai city, across the city, many cities and ancient village, more targeted.

Teng Hai, Taiwan experienced "four little dragons of Asia" period of rapid development, "Hamburger" imports a lot of impact on local culture, urban and rural areas are the same. "Nearly 20 years Taiwan began to slow to find authentic local ' old '. The way we integrate Taiwan for twenty or thirty years of trial and error experience. ”

Teng Hai with his wife and daughter roots down, in song, the "enrichment of China ancient typical town-type settlements and the mysterious" served as General Counsel of the town government, pulse diagnosis, "acupuncture meridians" nursed back to town in the way of atmosphere, began his revival of the old settlements of production, life, ecology action.

The recovery operations follow the "rule of 28": 20% new 80% with existing resources. This is the town renovation adhered to the "respect for nature, respect for history," inevitable choice of principle and pragmatic initiatives with minimum investment for maximum activation.

"Natural clothing + soul + modern history" in new and old symbiosis, "relax" the Inn became a notable case. Yousong House converted into a local common soil, a few metres away is the ancient famous crane road.

MOSS on lost on the side of the door, tile, dusty pots, all become the Inn's organic elements, dirty, dilapidated old house full of new life.

"This Inn is Taiwan test bed and breakfasts in 30 years of the synthesizer. It is the cultural, tourist, available, and local houses. Locals now after I read it, is no longer the old buildings, but secretly learning how to ' old ', this Center we wanted. "Teng Hai said.

Song Kou straight Street leading to the old ferry, a reporter walked into a mix of coffee, accommodation, retail function of creating a concept store "opens the song." Tainan fellow Zhang Junwei, 26, told a press conference, the store in addition to the introduction of Taiwan's cultural and creative products of agriculture, more from the local property.

For example, local-rich fresh Cheng Jiao Li Gan, dried plums simmer for 24 hours, importing Taiwan pineapple cakes and wife cake techniques made of plum cakes, plum Shortcake. Reporters saw, next to the hand-drawn card write a feeling full of "advertising": historical, cultural center, space, life, "packaged" Alley light to hold heavy things to take away.

"Open joint" team on both sides of the young people wish to town for a "good things of the past with contemporary techniques reserved for future" renovation to achieve survival and heritage of old craftsmen.

"Beginning nearly 40 years younger than I am of young people came up to me to talk about cooperation, I suspect. "Chu-Fang Renxing said. He was tried in accordance with the requirements of young people began to do "song Kou LV". This innovative bamboo bags, after a couple of more than 20 girls in micro-print out on letter, and soon received orders from Beijing, Shanghai and other places require, sold out.

Reconstruction of the song, inspired by the young, the old artisans feel "getting" delight. 59 Fang Renxing began to explore new bamboo crafts such as bamboo lamp, a song famous old mouth "guest". Carpenter working forest land up scattered all over the old brothers returned to repair ancient buildings.

"Young people to fix the ancient houses have to rely on us, and now I feel back to once upon a time. Older brothers and I could smell the smell of wood. "Forest land today.

We have only just started. Next "open joint" team intends to invite Zhuang Chuancheng, Fang Renxing and forest land and other people who "craftsman grandfather hands workshop", came to adults and children can be experienced through the course of the song, with old technology "feelings" to attract people interested in the craft pass.

After a year of effort, 2015 song kou town was named the first "China rural tourism demonstration base", is the only unit in Fujian province.
Teng Hai, said: "song sample is a normal country, like all ' home ', and we hope here of the old settlements in villages and towns. We are not a large building, but with the mode of cell size, slowly like a medicine to take effect. ”
Slowly activating town popular gathering


Bao Ruifang has just arrived from the countryside when song Kou, rammed-earth walls feeling of the old House, or even that "such shabby is the urbanization of substandard." But on both sides of the education of young people, the "$literal" he quickly change their ideas.
"Song Kou's best hope in the young. Older generations know left to love it, but don't know how to improve it, but young people know how to combine modern elements pushed it. "Bao Ruifang said.

But not all of us have a Bao Ruifang of "enlightenment". When "after the" treatment "after 50," conflict inevitable.

Song had a unique architecture, locals call it "movie Temple", as the name suggests is the combination of cinema and Temple, the building's walls and modern art, the other side is the traditional red and grey tiles, has become a famous local attractions.

Movie Temple originally had been idle for more than 20 years, after transformation into song a public cultural space. City and County performances went to the countryside during the performance, movie Temple 1400 wooden chair was always full.

Now movie Temple, the villagers were happy, this is the local people and the Government, Taiwan fruit involved in the rebuilding of the team to raise capital,. In the game, although preliminary communication has spent a lot of time, but still broke.

Young Taiwan designer Chu Xiangqi feel the temple is beautiful, some painted monuments but also engraved the historical memory is very precious, she strongly recommends reservations.

Elderly people do not think so. "Those painted shed a lot, looks very old, or painted white walls is better. ”
Deadlock stage, old Chu Xiangqi was away, steal workers painted white.

Chu Xiangqi came back, suddenly found the painting disappeared, all of a sudden tears, Bao Rui Fang "unbelievers".
Bao Ruifang hurriedly summoned everyone to discuss. Old people have seen things "make big" panic God. "Chu Xiangqi was responsible, she's free to help us design, but also for our picture cried. "82 years old Zou Derui reflection road.

Bao Ruifang took the opportunity to give the villagers a lesson: no buildings are new and good, brushed off the white wall, but gold can't buy baby daughter, once destroyed, irrevocably!, no longer occurs in the village of this irreversible "destruction of cultural relics".

Song kou town area are not doing will not displace indigenous people, and to give you more time and understanding, in the traditional and modern, retro and fashion, local and foreign, "echoes" and "contest" set out on a new path.

Bao Ruifang no less to be scolded, "this song Kou experiment, I was one of the experiments," he said. But he encouraged by the fact that, more and more song people rediscover ancient values and spontaneous participation in the home renovation.

Bao Ruifang believes that only regulation environment, leaving the country's "shell" is not enough, to foster the industry, "Government protection, civil protection, only the ancient houses, the old relationship between industry and our people, creating social and economic value, they can be protected and heritage. ”

Song Kou old street is not static, it also absorbed some modern elements. There was not only similar to Beijing 798 "Panda future mail" "song Kou Zhen spatiotemporal post office", also similar to South luogu lane creative shop "access time", which not only provide a small square cake, coconut juice, also offers a range of creative products, even providing space for cultural activities. In April, Lu Tianming song Kou street residents in "access time" was a lecture of the busy Tan Song Kou old street in May, Zheng Qiyang tells the story of goddess of mercy Pavilion in time and space the post office, then and now, nostalgia is integrated symbiosis with the trendy slowly here.

All these elements into fashion, inseparable from the young man's "blue sky". Attract a crowd "after the" stay, this is the biggest harvest town-activated in 2 years.

Learn tourism planning professional origin of Fang ling, zhiqian in Fuzhou and Beijing city of planning hospital work had, had plans to Japan, "documents are do good has", results because registration joined Taiwan "open joint" of revival song mouth team, was is has sincerity to "flickers" came, from originally intends to stay two months, to "accidentally" life has two years, and intends to continues to life down.

Although Fang Ling often hit songkou before Grandma and Grandpa are suspicious eyes, "how young you are here to stay? "But she is determined to stay. Now as a "relief" Inn Manager she was sunk under the heart. She felt that do may be small, but you can see a "chain reaction." Yet "relax" Inn is now full of tourists over the weekend, more and more people are willing to share song information in the app.

Born in 1992 from a song Kou Lin Loulou young perspective to re-examine the town's recovery. When he returned to town, some of the people in the town said to her father: "How do you nurture the daughter makes her return to the town to life? "Father daughter song Kou wasted, trying to persuade her to go out looking for work.

But Lin Loulou firmly believes that "If the song is good, I won't be bad. All around, after song is worth staying place, foreigners can stay down, what is local? ”

"After the" Taiwan man Xiao Yongtai in "open joint" song Kou resident intern, he said, "I like song, the slow pace of life, a strong human so I did not feel that he is a foreign person. In song Kou, my favorite thing to do in the afternoon, riding his bike after dinner in town Shuttle, looked at the song because I'm involved in day to day changes, will be filled with a sense of accomplishment.

Xiao Yongtai later because you want to continue the academic back to Taiwan, while more young people to stay on the shores of song, hope found herself in another life "Foundation" of the road.

"Song of the future should be a great platform. "Responsible for the song" beautiful country "planning and design fellow Shi Haonan believes that previously rural roots is a small society, now needs in the new era, developing a new governance model. "Reorganize people and cadres, the old and the young, by organizations large and small groups, find here the development of industry. "Shi Haonan said, such as" relax "Inn gardening plans, workshop, brought local residents, so that everyone benefits.

"Young people's return to the country to bring more hope. "Yong Tai Lei Lianming, Vice Secretary of County party Committee believes that village active young groups there are now college students village officer, returning youth, youth, veterans and attachment to cadres in five categories. "As Taiwan ' open joint ' team of younger age groups, active in rural areas, the rural entrepreneurship as a career, bring great changes to the song Kou. ”


Investment model, the recruitment of local college students, established model shop ... ... Now, between Fujian and Taiwan jointly exploring the old town Renaissance "songkou model" has become a test case of the Housing Ministry, the national development and Reform Commission, concerned, local agriculture, architecture, folklore, crafts and other economic and cultural forces renewed vitality.

Transformation of the old elements. Lei Lianming said this beautiful rural construction, for the song the complex

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