Shenzhen
An area with the size of a county
Special economic zones with provincial economies have been created
Past 2021
Shenzhen's total economic volume exceeded 3 trillion yuan
Take it to a new level again
But it's probably hard for you to imagine
It is in such a modern metropolis
There are still more than 1,000 urban villages scattered around
Even the most core CBD
You can also see the scene of "urban-village symbiosis"
The group that once swept the screen because of media reports
"Three and the Great God"
It is from an urban village in Shenzhen
Jingle New Village
Experience decades of rapid development in the SAR
In the nourishment of the city
Including Jingle New Village
These urban villages are "new"
"New" is the new look of the old for the new -
They have changed
From the "thousand villages and one side" of "three to one supplement"
To the change of industrial form of "each shows its magic"
But they haven't changed
It still has the spirit of tolerance and struggle
And dreams full of infinite possibilities
This spring of 2022
Our reporter walked into these urban villages in Shenzhen
Visit these "Shangxin" villages together
People "go on a new" life
Jingle New Village: Everything starts with the disappearing "Three Great Gods"
In 2019, Jingle New Village, located in Longhua Street, Longhua District, Shenzhen, is also the home of the Sanhe Talent Market, where a group is active, which is commonly known as the "Three Harmony Gods" on the Internet.
Speaking of the "big god" life a year ago, 35-year-old Zhong Hang bluntly said that it was "unbearable to look back".
In 2019, he came to Shenzhen with 300 yuan to work, but he did not expect to lose his wallet. Subsequently, he came to the Sanhe Talent Market next to Jingle New Village, Longhua Street, Longhua District, Shenzhen, and lived a "big god" life:
"Three days of odd jobs a day"
"I'd rather do the end of the day than go into the factory to work a normal shift"
"A meal is 2 yuan of mineral water, 4 yuan of fried noodles, 5 cents of smoke"
"Lie down and sleep, stay overnight in an Internet café"
……
Zhong Hang is not alone, at the peak of the peak here there are more than 2,000 "big gods" with the same living state, both young men in their early 20s and middle-aged people in their 40s.
Children play in a small park in Jingle New Village (photo taken on February 11). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liang Xu
Jingle New Village covers an area of 46,000 square meters. In 2005, many employment agencies and labor dispatch companies based on Sanhe and Haixin were stationed one after another, and gradually formed a "job agency street" for recruiting general workers, with an average of more than 7,000 job seekers per day and more than 2.5 million job seekers in the whole year.
"Over the years, the employment agencies have been mixed, and some employment agencies have not strictly implemented the regulations on recruitment registration and identity." Chen Huanbin, deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Helian Community, where Jingle New Village is located, introduced that some job seekers have been stranded here for a long time to form a "subculture group", living in small and medium-sized vocational agencies, Internet cafes and village corridors around Jingle New Village, and only when they have no money do they apply for "daily work", because they rely on the Sanhe talent market and are known as "Three Harmony Gods".
An Internet café in Jingle New Village has closed its doors (photo taken on February 11). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liang Xu
Liao Shishen, who has opened a convenience store in Jingle New Village for more than ten years, said that in the past, there were many small hotels and 15 yuan all-night black Internet cafes in the village, garbage everywhere, complicated personnel, and random connection of wires between buildings.
During the Spring Festival, the reporter came to Jingle New Village to visit and found that the appearance here has been renewed, the ground is clean and tidy, the wall paintings add new scenery, the study room replaces the Internet café, the small hotel becomes a long-term rental house, and the former "three and big gods" have also disappeared.
This is the Jingle New Village photographed on February 11. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liang Xu
This is due to the comprehensive improvement of urban villages carried out since 2021, and the local government has invested more than 20 million yuan to promote rain and sewage diversion, three lines of the line, etc., and rely on the party and group service stations to achieve full coverage of the "rest house" that can take a nap, and the wisdom bookshelf, sofa, water dispenser, charging treasure, etc. are readily available. At the same time, it also provides heart-warming services for flexible employment groups, and has built a "heart-warming cabinet" to provide free materials such as instant noodles and water for the masses, which can be collected by brushing id cards.
In the early morning of January 2, 2021, Zhong Hang met with the staff of the Helian community. "After understanding my situation, the community gave me psychological counseling and employment guidance, which made me sober from my decadent state." He told reporters that he is now farming crayfish in his hometown of Meizhou, Guangdong Province, and has married and had children, and has lived a positive life.
More "three and big gods" have gone to the surrounding factories to work normally. "In the past, when the 'day ended work' to play for a few days a day, the first two empty hands all year round, even dare not go back to their hometown." This year's Spring Festival saved tens of thousands of yuan, the spirit is much better. Xiao Chen, a Hunan native who works at a factory near Jingle New Village, said.
"The change in Jingle New Village is not only the optimization of physical space, but more importantly, 'help one, pull one'." Liu Xinxin, secretary general of the Longhua District New Era Youth Employment Service Association, said that while providing employment guidance and psychological counseling for these young people, the association has also established a volunteer service team to organize career planning guidance and skills training for those who are willing to re-employ in Longhua.
The Sanhe Talent Market has been relocated, and a new Strivers Square is under construction on the original site, where the "first stop of employment services" is being built to provide employment services for migrant workers in Shenzhen (photographed on February 11). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liang Xu
Today, the Sanhe Talent Market has been relocated, and a new Strugglers Square is under construction on the original site, where the "first stop of employment services" is being created to provide employment services for migrant workers in Shenzhen.
These villages are "beautiful in their own right"
Grapefruit Town: An animation village full of dreams
Walking into the grapefruit town of XiaCun Community in Gongming Street, Guangming District, Shenzhen, it is like coming to the village in the animation.
The facades of the houses here are painted with colorful patterns, infused with various characteristic elements that are tasteful, cultural and full of modernity. You can see all kinds of talent apartments, graffiti art, Internet celebrity punch card scenes, theme businesses and other areas.
Colorful colors fill the streets, and the dream houses that can only be seen in comics are vividly displayed in grapefruit town.
South Bank Village: From "spider webs" to Internet celebrity punch cards
South Bank Village is located in Songgang Street, Bao'an District, where there is an amber-themed pedestrian street and four laneways with beeswax, blood percussion, golden perper and blue perch as design elements.
Ten years ago, it was covered with pipelines and "spider webs" that few people wanted to come here to see or live; ten years later, South Bank Village became another Internet celebrity punch card in Bao'an, attracting the attention of many tourists.
Xinzhou Village: Smart catering highlights the atmosphere of science and technology
The area of Xinzhou Village is only 0.25 square kilometers, but it can accommodate 60,000 or 70,000 people from all over the world.
"Many restaurants here have special dish research and development teams, and some of the new products developed are suitable for lunch and dinner, and some are suitable for breakfast, which can be quickly optimized and iterated."
At lunchtime, the rice ring shop in Xinzhou Village will receive "intensive bombardment" of takeaway orders from surrounding office buildings, but the boss Wu Wanzhang can always calm down.
His "secret weapon" is the intelligent drum stir-fry machine and the single-dish stir-fry machine in the back kitchen, digital, intelligent and refined management, and it only takes 8 minutes to eat, which can cope with the peak of orders at noon every day.
From production to life, from getting rich to "mouth blessing", Xinzhou Village tells the story of the special zone in the new era in its own way.
Nanling Village: "High-tech Company" that does not cultivate fields
While other villages are farming, Nanling Village is actively exploring "venture capital + incubators" and investing in start-ups such as biotechnology and artificial intelligence.
Walking into Nanyuan Village, Nanshan Street, Nanshan District, you can see that there are more than 50 "Internet + service" carriers sinking into the village, and residents can handle entry-exit and traffic management business independently.
Aohu Village: A blend of ancient villages and art
"The traditional culture of the ancient village has inspired the artists, and the art has also changed the thinking and concepts of the villagers."
Since 2012, artists from all over the world have gathered in Aohu Village to combine local characteristics to carry out artistic creations.
Here, you can see parks, bars, cafes, restaurants dotted here, where people of different styles live together, enjoying and blending, showing the symbiosis of ancient villages, culture and art and modern life.
Golden Turtle Village: Urban people "go to the countryside" to learn culture
In the past, local aboriginal villagers wanted to learn culture and go to the library, but now, Jingui Village has attracted the surrounding urban people.
Jingui Village has a natural study, which combines "zero waste" and "natural good books", and has public cultural service functions such as nature book reading, art creation, academic discussion, and activity exchange.
Once, Jingui Village was close to Taoyuan and far from humanities, and now it has the "most beautiful bookstore in Shenzhen" and readers are full of doors, which not only brings popularity, but also changes the local atmosphere.
Mizuo Village: Where the heart is at ease is "home"
There are many migrant workers in Shuiwei Village, many of whom were just working for work, but now, Shuiwei Village is not only their home in the sense of physical space, but also can obtain the peace of mind.
Chen Yongfa, who came to Shenzhen more than 20 years ago, was discouraged by the loss of an arm, and now he has a happy and harmonious family in Shuiwei Village.
For Chen Haiyou, who has been engaged in the mobile phone and computer maintenance industry for 14 years, Shuiwei Village has not only brought him a foothold, but also witnessed the struggle and growth of him and his family.
In the vast Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, they use their own efforts and dedication to write dreams and lives.
Shangwei Village: A secluded paradise for sharing "slow life"
Once, Shangwei Village was a village blocked by garbage, but now it has become a peach blossom garden with a strong artistic atmosphere.
Green tiles and white walls, small bridges and flowing water, bright and bright paintings, pottery, carvings can be seen everywhere, artists' studios, museums, exhibition halls are dotted everywhere.
Since 2017, through the government's erection, artists and designers from all over the world have entered Shangwei Village.
It has become a quiet place of "slow life", where everyone collides ideas, drinks a cup of good tea, and enjoys the poetic scenery of "spring water is clear in the sky, painting boats and listening to rain sleep".
Dafen Village: From "Oil Painting Village" to "International Art Community"
Entering Jinxiang Town, a magnificent red theme scroll slowly unfolds on both sides of the village road, and the colorful houses and the blue sky and the sea shine together, which is beautiful.
These are inseparable from Dafen Village, which was once known as the "first village of Chinese oil painting", and now, Dafen Village is moving towards an "international art community" and "rural revitalization art engine".
As an international artist residency, Dafen Village has attracted 37 artists from 19 countries to create works, and more than 8,000 painters have gathered here, with a total annual output value of more than 4 billion yuan.
Today, Dafen Village is using its artistic endowments to help revitalize the countryside and actively promote the development of cultural tourism.
Someone once said
The impression of an urban village is old, backward, and low-end
There are also people who say
Shenzhen's urban village "see the needle in the seam"
Scattered around the city
"The city is not like the city, the village is not like the village"
Compared to high-end office buildings and garden communities
Their development seems to be "half a beat slower"
So, for decades
Shenzhen's urban villages are always looking for change and innovation
Once upon a time, the main function of an urban village was to live
Today, so are they
An important place for entrepreneurship, employment and business development
Livable and workable "see the moon"
One village and one scene "can remember nostalgia"
The fusion of history and culture "can retain memories"
The spirit and culture of the village in the city
Always highlighting the charm of Shenzhen
And Shenzhen's "future momentum"
It is also hidden between the movements of the "magic powers" of the urban villages
It is expected that Shenzhen Urban Village can continue to move forward with its head held high
Bring us more unexpected surprises!
Source: Xinhua Daily Telegraph