Yangcheng Principal Meets Shamian and Begins a Cross Time Dialogue with Centennial Architecture
2023-06-14
The rustling of leaves plays natural notes for summer, a dialogue spanning time and space, staged in a century old building in Shamian. On the evening of June 11, the seventh "Yangcheng Famous Principals' Reading Club" came to LIGHTHOUSE Lighthouse Space (the former site of Sassoon Foreign Firm) on Shamian, Liwan District, Guangzhou. Representatives of architecture, music, education, intangible cultural heritage and other industries carried out a thought collision with the theme of "Meet Shamian - Cross space and Time Dialogue with Centennial Culture" to understand the humanistic atmosphere of Shamian Island from their respective industries. On the evening of June 11, the seventh "Yangcheng Famous Principals' Reading Club" came to LIGHTHOUSE Lighthouse Space (the former site of Sassoon Yanghang) in Shamian, Liwan District, Guangzhou. This reading club was co sponsored by Guangdong Federation of Primary and Secondary School Principals, Shamian Street Party Working Committee, Shamian Subdistricts of China, People's Congress Shamian Street Working Committee, Shamian Primary School and China International Education Forum. Guangdong Association for the Promotion of International Education, Guangzhou International Association for Talent Exchange Guangzhou Private Education Association, Lighthouse Space, Round-trip Coffee, and Zhongshan Kaizhong Co., Ltd. In the summer night sky, beautiful music melodies sound from the Lighthouse space (former site of Sassoon's foreign house), adapted from the music works of music giant Bach, echoing within the century old building. This is a saxophone performance brought by French artist and music doctor Clement Ember. Huang Zexuan, wife of French artist and music doctor Clermont Ember and Modern dance artist, said: "Clermont Ember hopes to create an aural feast for this cross-border reading conference with music, so that the audience can feel the cultural exchange and collision through hearing and vision in the century old western architecture." From Sassoon's foreign business to modern multi-functional cultural exchange space, How does the Lighthouse space stack up and down? Founder of Lighthouse Culture, Fang Fei, titled "Shamian Architectural Culture - Solidified Art Across Time and Space", shared how the compromise style building of the late 19th century, located at 41 Shamian Street, broke the boundaries of time and space. Fang Fei shared the building culture in Shamian - solidification art across time and space. In the process of renovation, Fang Fei found the historical story between the building and Shamian. Whether it is the activity space of 72 courtyards or schools, the century old buildings hide the humanistic history of Shamian Island. Fang Fei maximizes the preservation of the structure of the building itself and continues its vitality, for example, by creating metal horizontal bars that echo the building's beams. In Shamian, there is a school - Shamian Primary School. The public street on Shamian is the students' playground, and the trees on Shamian are the students' teaching materials in class. Yao Dan, secretary of the General Party Branch and principal of Shamian Primary School in Liwan District, Guangzhou City, recommended Gu Mingyuan, a famous Chinese educator and "father of comparative education research", to talk about Chinese education - suggestions for future education innovation. Yao Dan said, "Shamian Primary School is located in a unique human geographical space. We insist on building a 'campus without walls'. In addition to taking students to experience the century old buildings, plants and trees on Shamian, we will give full play to learning based on the classroom model of" quality oriented conch "
Edit:Chen Jie Responsible editor:Li Ling
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