The streets of Shanghai in winter are a little sluggish, and pedestrians wrap themselves tightly, but if you go deep into the streets of Wuliqiao in Huangpu District, people will find that many places are still full of warmth and vitality. Whether it is the elderly, children or people who love sports, they can find a good place in this community life circle of "livable, suitable for work, suitable for travel, suitable for learning, and suitable for maintenance". Teaching the elderly to learn finger exercises and play with wooden sticks This year, January 10 is the eighth day of the first lunar month, located at No. 27, Lane 1111, Quxi Road, the first day care center of Wuliqiao held a lapa shi congee respect activity for the elderly, full of warmth. The old people sat together at a table of four, drinking porridge and talking about the day. Since June 2020, the first day care center has completed the expansion of functions, service upgrades, and image enhancement, and has become a place where more and more elderly people in the community have their hearts and minds every day. The activity hall after entering the door is the place where the elderly stay the longest on weekdays, and in the corner of the window, the reporter noticed many rental rehabilitation aids, including crutches, wheelchairs, blood pressure meters, osteoarthritis braces and so on.
Rehabilitative aids available for rent. Photo by Wu Yue
Walking down the corridor, on one side is a communal kitchen, a fully equipped bathing room, and a sun room decorated with various greenery, where the elderly can sit in the sun and drink tea when the weather is good. On the other side is an activity room that embodies "old people have fun, old people have learning". On the notice board by the wall, the reporter saw a rich variety of week's recipes posted on it, as well as a week's social work activity schedule. Interested elderly people can learn finger exercises and meridian exercises here.
Sun room. Photo by Wu Yue
It is worth mentioning that in order to meet the care requirements for the elderly with dementia, the day care center is specially equipped with intelligent care products, which are in line with the emergency rescue scenarios of the elderly in the 12 smart elderly scenarios and the functions of the anti-loss scenarios of the elderly with cognitive impairment. For example, in addition to installing emergency alarms at the bedside, toilets and showers, the center has also equipped dementia elderly with smart badges to achieve anytime, anywhere call service, three-dimensional accurate positioning. "Home" general parent-child co-creation space Child-friendly community construction is a window. As one of the first child-friendly community demonstration sites in Shanghai, Wuliqiao Street has carried out a variety of attempts with the goal of creating a "15-minute children's community life circle". According to the staff, the North Branch of the Wuliqiao Street Children's Service Center was officially opened to the public in September 2021. With the concept of "home", the 700-square-meter venue is divided into a living room, a study, a kitchen, a theater, a fun climbing house, a brain hole laboratory, a small harbor of peace of mind, a science and technology station for tomorrow and other areas, providing residents with indoor parent-child co-creation space and family activity venues. From the north branch of the children's service center to the south, to the first floor of the Wuliqiao Street Community Cultural Activity Center at No. 600 Longhua East Road, the children's fun parent-child garden is a popular activity point for the surrounding residents, which is the south branch of the street children's service center. The parent-child garden originally had a small piece of deserted open space, which after several transformations, became 8 small vegetable gardens with a one-meter square. Under the guidance of social workers, the children claimed vegetable gardens in groups, punched cards to water, weed, fertilize, and were responsible for the daily management and harvesting of the small farm. Oyster sauce lettuce, stir-fried cabbage, scrambled eggs with loofah... In the WeChat group of the street children's service center, several families took lively photos to share freshly cooked home-cooked dishes, which were personally planted and harvested by children at the "Wuli Small Farm". While the children are close to nature and harvest happiness, they also add vitality to the place. On the basis of fully doing a good job in protection and epidemic prevention and other measures, the street combines the high-quality resources of Shanghai Famous Teacher Training Center and Huangpu District Early Education Center, and through the combination of online and offline activities, provides early education and early childhood education services for the families of residents in Wuliqiao Street, guides community parents to scientifically raise children and cultivate children's good habits, so that children can grow up in a happy, warm and intellectual environment. On "hot" cold winter days when the ice and snow activities in Dock No. 1 can still be seen running along the huangpu riverside trails against the cold wind. Tired of running and thirsty, where can I rest my feet and drink water? The choice of many people is the Wuliqiao Street "Zero Distance Home" Binjiang Party Group Service Station. Enter from The No. 3 Gate of Huangpu Binjiang on Longhua East Road and walk about 100 meters to the east to see this "high-value" hut overlooking the Pujiang River. The station adopts the three design concepts of openness, safety and composite, and when entering the station, you can see the step-by-step reading area, cultural activity area and service area. The station is equipped with convenient facilities such as water dispensers, vending machines, wheelchairs, blood pressure monitors, etc., and also provides free charging, free WIFI, umbrella borrowing and other services.
High-value station. Photo by Wu Yue
In order to enrich the spiritual and cultural life of the public and create a service position with complex functions, the station also provides a rich menu of activities for people to participate in. According to the January event notice posted at the door, people can participate in "craftsmanship on the fingertips" activities such as intangible cultural heritage lantern making, fabric art, weaving, etc., and can also participate in the "star activity" of the station - "I take a photo with Binjiang". Sports-loving residents will not miss the huangpu riverside landmark opposite the station , the Huangpu Riverside Skate Park. The location of the "No. 1 Dock" in the park was once the former site of the Jiangnan Shipyard. With the strong support of relevant municipal departments and enterprises, Huangpu District has injected new vitality into the city's industrial heritage, turned the "industrial rust belt" into a "life show belt" enjoyed by citizens, and built a skateboard theme park with rich characteristics. The most central area of the park is the international standard professional skateboarding competition venue covering an area of more than 3,000 square meters, which is professionally designed by the designers of the Tokyo Olympic Skateboarding Venue, which is currently the highest specification skateboarding professional venue in mainland China. There is also a roller skating area, a youth balance car and a BMX BMX area on the side, and a climbing area will be added in the future.
Skateboarding teenagers. Photo by Haysal
As the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics approaches, the new ice rink in the park has attracted more and more people. During the interview, the reporter saw a father who took advantage of the rest time to take his son to this real ice field to learn to skate. According to the staff, this outdoor ice rink covers an area of about 1200 square meters, and children can not only experience skating in the company of their parents, but also take an ice hockey lesson under the guidance of professional coaches.
In recent years, adhering to the concept of "leaving the best resources to the people", Huangpu District has focused on the goal of creating a 15-minute community sports life circle, focusing on the waterfront space of "one river and one river", and constantly enriching and improving supporting sports facilities.
Column Editor-in-Chief: Tang Ye Text Editor: Wu Yue Title Image Source: Haishar Photo
Source: Author: Wu Yue