Changsha Evening News all-media reporter Huang Neng
The first time I knew about the Humble Fish Study, many people's first reaction was: "There is actually a bookstore in such a noisy place as Fisherman's Wharf!" Indeed, the downstairs of the Humble Fish Study is a food street, with the scent of books in the smoke and fire.
Asked what the characteristics of the bookstore are, the person in charge, Wang Xiangke, replied that it was "a more traditional bookstore."
Of course, the traditional bookstore sells books, and the Humble Fish Bookstore does not have a variety of cultural and creative products, and books here are the absolute protagonists. But between the neat rows of bookshelves, there are still different things. The ancient bricks of the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, the plaques of the Qing Dynasty, as well as many ceramics and bronzes, many utensils set off a kind of subtle feeling and a sense of antiquity.
The person in charge said that the bookstore takes "artifact elements" as the core, and strives to construct a cultural space that is casual, casual, natural and comfortable, and expects book lovers to fade the hustle and bustle between the nostalgic mood. What is a "clumsy fish"? The ancients said that "great cleverness is like clumsiness", "great wisdom is foolish", "clumsy fish", "clumsy foolishness" also.
Wrapped in a rough cloth, he has a poetic and bookish atmosphere in his belly. Warm pale yellow lighting, the unique elegance of Chinese decoration, the humble fish study makes it easy for people to calm down, as if walking into the study of ancient scholars.
This bookstore does have the temperament of a private study, and the old objects here are all private collections. There is even a thrift shop upstairs in the bookstore, displaying a variety of old objects - old furniture, villain books, guqin... There are also some small cubicles where you can drink tea, gather together, or read a book quietly.
In fact, the bookstore also plays the role of the "study" of the surrounding residents, where the environment is elegant and the books are rich, attracting many citizens to come to see books, offices, and self-study. "I think it's a very happy thing to have such a bookstore nearby." Mr. Feng, a reader who lives nearby, said.
After school or on weekends, students from surrounding schools often appear in bookstores. When the reporter met Hu Zixuan, a second-grade student at a nearby primary school, at the bookstore, he was reading "Mi Xiao Circle Going to School" with relish. The child whispered that he liked to come here because there were a lot of storybooks, "Mom usually doesn't let me read it." ”
Bookstores also have bars that provide light meals and drinks, but there is no consumption requirement, and readers can sit at the bookstore table for free for a day. Once you become a member, you can not only enjoy consumption discounts, but also many benefits such as new book lending, free movie viewing, etc., and the membership threshold is also very low.
The most commendable thing is that the bookstore stands next to the river, and the window is the Xiangjiang River of Haohao Soup, which is a rare "river view" bookstore in Changsha.
"The scenery is beautiful, a few tables by the window, even if there are many people during the working day, it may be enough to see the river view." Some netizens praised it.