The spirit of the \”July 1st\” important speech is at the grassroots level | New neighbors are coming to the old street

Xinhua News Agency, Guangzhou, July 18Title: New neighbors are coming to the old street

Xinhua News Agency reporters Ding Mei, Wen Jinghua, Lei Dongrui

Hot On a summer evening, when the reporter met Tuzan, a 73-year-old old street resident in the Wuyue Historical and Cultural District of Pantang, he was sitting in the small courtyard surrounded by green plants by his new neighbor Zou Guangchao, drinking tea and chatting, laughing and laughing.

On July 16, in Wuyue, Pantang, Liwan District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, residents were enjoying the cool under the trees and playing poker. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Geng Xinning

Pantang Wuyue, located in Liwan District, the old city of Guangzhou, has a long history of more than 900 years. It is one of the few traditions in Guangzhou’s historical urban areas that retains the complete Qing Dynasty pattern and typical Lingnan style. Village. In the 1970s, Pantang Wuyue was still a piece of farmland. Because it failed to keep up with the pace of urbanization, it became a dilapidated urban village.

“The roads in the streets and alleys are bad, and the roof tiles are also bad. Many outside tenants and vendors pull carts and set up stalls to sell goods directly in the streets and alleys, making it very noisy and chaotic.” Recalling the past , all that came to Uncle Ji\’s mind were bad things.

On July 16, students took lessons in a piano club in Pantang Wuyue, Liwan District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Geng Xinning

But generations of ancestors have lived here since the Ming Dynasty. The strong nostalgia makes Jibo and the more than 100 old residents here reluctant to leave this area of ​​granite roads and blue brick houses.

The \”resurrection\” of Pantang Wuyue began in 2017. The Guangzhou Municipal Housing and Urban-Rural Development Department has carried out minor renovations such as house repairs, street renovations, and greening improvements in the Wuyue Historical and Cultural District in Pantang, based on the concepts of \”repairing the old and making it old\” and \”building the new like the old\”.

This is a photo taken on July 16 of Wuyue Street in Pantang, Liwan District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province. Xinhua News Agency reporter Photo by Geng Xinning

“General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speech on July 1st once again emphasized the people-centered development idea, which is what Guangzhou’s old city reconstruction has always followed. If we only emphasize the protection of historical and cultural buildings, they will lose their vitality. Only by revitalizing and utilizing these buildings and continuing people\’s lives in these spaces full of historical and cultural information can the city truly retain memories and let people remember their nostalgia. \” said Jiang Weihui, a second-level researcher at the Liwan District Housing and Construction Bureau.

Ji Bo found that the appearance of the streets and alleys had not changed, but the spirit and spirit were quite different. The original simple and beautiful Pantang Wuyue Back. What makes him even more happy is that a group of new neighbors have moved in.

This is a shop with green space featured in Wuyue, Pantang, Liwan District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province on July 16. Xinhua News Agency reporter Geng Xinning Photographed

There are now more than 50 shops settled in Pantang Wuyue, mainly artists, craftsmen workshops, and youth art creation studios. Each one has been visited and inspected by the competent authority before settling in. Liwan District Culture. Yang Wei, director of the Tourism Development Center, said that the introduction of high-quality new business formats can not only make Pantang a business-friendly and livable cultural environment, but also bring cultural life products to the residents of the old city.

Walking in the alleys of Pantang Wuyue, you will not see the same chain restaurants or bars, but merchants interspersed with private houses, and the two are integrated. The door is the antique Lefang Painting Academy. Sunlight shines through the colorful Manchuria windows into the avant-garde bookstore. Art, business and life coexist harmoniously here.

On July 16, readers visited a bookstore in Wuyue, Pantang, Liwan District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province. Xinhua News Agency reporter Photo by Geng Xinning

Axing, the owner of a small performance space, was worried that the evening performance would affect the surrounding neighbors, so he spent most of his investment on soundproofing equipment during the renovation and insisted on performing at 10 p.m. It ended before. But the aunt next door always said: \”I watch TV until after 10 o\’clock every day, it doesn\’t affect me at all, don\’t worry! ”

As the lead singer of a band, Zou Guangchao came to Pantang two summers ago and took a look and decided to move his green space here. The ruins of the past are now a green Lingnan. The style courtyard holds music sharing sessions, plant salons, lectures and other activities from time to time, becoming a spiritual oasis for many young people.

On July 16, a shop assistant made drinks at a green plant space specialty store in Pantang Wuyue, Liwan District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province. Xinhua News Agency reporter Photo by Geng Xinning

“When the weather is nice, I am doing music sharing in the yard, and the aroma of cooking at someone else’s house comes out of the window next to me. \”The many pyrotechnic moments in Pantang Old Street soothed Zou Guangchao\’s heart and nourished his musical inspiration.

It\’s not just Ah Xing and Zou Guangchao. In Pantang, the authentic Guangzhou Xiguan culture and new ideas Young entrepreneurs attract each other, forming a multicultural ecology where tradition and modernity coexist. Popular businesses such as bookstores, backpacker stations, and performance spaces have become the most popular places in the neighborhood, injecting a youthful temperament into the old city.

Tourists play in Yongqingfang, Liwan District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province on July 16. Xinhua News Agency reporter Geng Xinning Photo

In Guangzhou, there are many micro-renovation projects in old urban areas like Pantang Wuyue, each with its own style. In Yongqingfang, less than 3 kilometers away, there is an intangible cultural heritage. The street gathers people including Guangcai, Enamel, Xingshi, etc. 10 intangible cultural heritage master studios representing regional cultural characteristics allow intangible cultural heritage to be better inherited in historical and cultural districts.

According to reports, Guangzhou is launching a large-scale urban renewal operation to renovate the cultural heritage within three years. 83 urban villages Implement the transformation and promote the transformation of 183 urban villages within 5 years. The city\’s history and culture will be better protected and developed, and will be revitalized.

As the sun sets, there is a sound in Zou Guangchao\’s courtyard. Melodious singing.

\”The stream in the mountains flows slowly, don\’t take away all the time; the road in the mountains, go back, don\’t take away the stories…\”

The old neighborhood is a blend of old and new, and more stories are being written.