Songyang, Zhejiang: the ancient village with the integration of tradition and art is rejuvenated
2022-08-30
Songyang County, Lishui City, Zhejiang Province, which is located in the mountainous area of Southwest Zhejiang Province, "eight mountains, one water and one field", has been established for more than 1800 years. There are more than 100 preserved traditional villages here, of which 75 are included in the list of Chinese traditional villages. In recent years, the local government has made efforts around the ancient villages and old houses to realize the integration of the ancient village tradition and contemporary art, and to revitalize the village in the cultural inheritance and development. Ancient village embracing art there is a "brown sugar workshop" designed by DNA architecture firm in the middle of a tea tree and sugar cane forest in Xingcun village, Zhangxi Township, Songyang county. The open space surrounded by the glass curtain wall is a modern building that integrates the functions of ancient brown sugar processing, skill experience, product exhibition and art exhibition. It is also a leisure place for the villagers after work and a traditional puppet theater for the elderly and the young during the leisure time. Fu Jinfu, Secretary of the Party branch of Xingcun village, introduced that the workshop can attract tens of thousands of people to visit during the brown sugar season every year; After accessing the e-commerce platform, the workshop income last year exceeded 300000 yuan. The reporter learned that there are more than 30 art characteristic workshops in Songyang, such as brown sugar workshop, tofu workshop and rice wine workshop. There is a "bamboo forest theater" in Houshe village, Zhuyuan township. Wu Yongming, the inheritor of Songyang Gaoqiang, often comes here to perform. Like weaving bamboo baskets, natural bamboo is used to enclose a natural space similar to a dome, without laying a foundation or building a structure. With the replacement of old and new bamboo, the "bamboo forest theater" is an art building that can metabolize. "In Songyang, the integration of ancient village tradition and contemporary art, and the contrast between the old and the new can be seen everywhere." Gu Zenghui, who went out to college and left his hometown for more than 20 years, led the design team back to his hometown, Xikeng village, Sidu Township, Songyang county. He rented the old house that the villagers had left idle for more than ten years, strengthened the house structure, preserved the simple facade, and matched modern living facilities to open a rural art homestay. The reporter learned that since 2018, the "village changes: Songyang story" architectural culture exhibition, which presents the new appearance of ancient Chinese villages through brown sugar workshops, shimenwei corridor bridges, Damushan tea houses, and Muxiang thatched cottages, has been exhibited in Berlin, Germany, Venice, Italy, and Vienna, Austria. Yankeng Lingtou village, Fengping Township, Songyang County, 90 minutes' drive from the county seat, was listed as the relocation object of the whole village. Seeing the intact ancient village resources and natural ecology, Li Yueliang, a rural work instructor and oil painter, was shocked. He first painted to publicize the local culture and relics of the village, contacted domestic and foreign painters to paint and hold oil painting exhibitions in the village, and then convinced the local government to adjust the planning and intervene in the protection with "embroidery skills". Today, it has become a well-known "Artist Village", attracting nearly 30000 artists, college art students and tourists every year. At present, there are 94 artists, 68 studios and 3 public art galleries in Songyang villages, involving art, traditional handicrafts, literature, architecture and cultural creativity, forming art gathering areas such as doumi'ao in Yecun, Houshe in Zhuyuan and chenjiapu in Sidu. The old house is rejuvenated. The wooden planer is pressed against the log. Ye Changxian holds his ears with his hands and pushes forward with his customary force. The action is completed in one go. Accompanied by the sharp friction sound, the light rolled wood veneer fell in response to the sound, and the fragrance of the log came to my face. It is an ancient building with decades of history
Edit：He Chuanning Responsible editor：Su Suiyue
Source：Xinhua
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