If the surging Yangtze River surrounds the city and opens the embrace of Huangshi to the outside world, then the water of the hundred lakes of Lingyun nourishes the water and soil and injects agility and vitality into the city.
The rivers and lakes depend on each other, the water veins are inherited, and the Huangshi of Huaihu Lake in the Xiangjiang River flourishes in this continuous water vein.
Now, in this water vein, a pearl "Weisu Bay" is quietly incubating. From the original traditional houses to today's youth blocks, Weisu Bay has become a new "hot model" of urban renewal, and a steady stream of people gather here just to see the style of this modern poetry and painting town.
This makes people think deeply, what made Weisu Bay suddenly "crisp" into people's hearts and become a check-in resort with a collection of culture?
Guwan has a new look to create a "hot style" of urban renewal
Weisu Bay, formerly known as Sunjia Bay, is located on the west bank of Cihu Lake, adjacent to Hubei Institute of Technology, with a lake in front and mountains in the back, which is a good place surrounded by mountains and rivers.
According to the old man in Sunjiawan, the surname Sun in Sunjiawan is the descendant of the Sun Quan family of Fuchun in Dongwu, and Sunjiawan was moved here by Sun Cai and Sun Na brothers in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty from the Guocheng of Daye County at that time, and settled down to open the foundation, which has a history of more than 200 years.
"When I was a child, Cihu Lake was still connected to the Yangtze River, and at that time, when you looked from the bay, the water surface was connected to a line, and the village seemed to be built in the water. The 72-year-old Sun Guoxiang recalled the past Sunjiawan, and his eyes were full of nostalgia.
At that time, the children in the village loved to play with water the most, and Sun Guo's perfume was the best. He said that at that time, he could play "tricks" when he went into the water, he could jump straight, sideways, and back, and he couldn't stop him, and later he also participated in the 1967 commemoration of Chairman Mao's first anniversary of swimming in the Yangtze River, and crossed the Yangtze River by relying on the familiar water.
Children frolic with the water, the adults in the bay are running for life, they are not confined to the old idea of relying on the mountains to eat the mountains and relying on the water to draft, the hard-working and intelligent Sunjiawan people have learned to do business very early, and the rich life of the Sunjiawan people can be seen from the quaint but characteristic houses in the bay.
Later, Hubei Institute of Technology was built at the door of the house, and the people of Sunjiawan, who were active in thought, quickly started a snack street, and "Little Hong Kong" and "Delicious Street" also briefly became Sunjiawan's external "business card".
However, such prosperity cannot hide the embarrassment of Sunjiawan as an urban village, especially after 2021, looking around at the high-rise buildings built around, the gorgeous transformation of urban villages has made Sunjiawan, with old houses, cramped roads, and chaotic municipal pipe network, more and more out of place.
However, the ordinary "village to residence" is not suitable for Sunjiawan, which has a superior location and rich resources, which can be described as an excellent place to find peace and quiet. In 2022, our city was successfully approved as a national urban renewal pilot city, and Sunjiawan also ushered in a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
The decision-makers accurately judged that modern urban renewal methods were poured into the project, and the first urban village urban renewal project in Huangshi was quickly established, and Sunjiawan was transformed into today's "Weisu Bay".
According to the relevant person in charge of the renewal group of the city urban development group, which is the development and construction party, Weisuwan is mainly based on the core elements of urban renewal, combined with the methods of modern urban renewal, organically combining the historical protection and renewal of southeast Hubei Province, retaining the memory of the city, restoring the atmosphere of life in the market, and creating a youth-friendly community and urban renewal model of Huangshi with multi-functional functions such as cultural creativity, food block, tourism and leisure through the transformation of existing houses and the improvement of the surrounding environment.
Under such renovation, today's Weisu Bay has changed the gray and dirty image of the past, and has become a poetry and painting town with five steps and one pavilion and ten steps and one scene, which is fashionable and avant-garde but does not lose the traditional customs of southeast Hubei Province.
Rain and sewage diversion Living water moistens the poetic space
Walking in Weisu Bay, there is always the sound of flowing water lingering in the ears, and the water flows slowly in the bay along the nullah along the mountain range, making the whole bay more agile and fresh.
This is the first infrastructure construction carried out after the completion of the Weisuwanli pile foundation project - the transformation of the municipal pipe network. During the renovation, the sewage pipe network that was mixed in the past was reorganized, and the rain and sewage were separated. On the premise of ensuring the function, the rainwater pipe network part is displayed in the form of an open channel, and the flow of water is diverted to supplement the circulation during the process, so that there is always flowing water in the bay.
A trickle of water moistens the land, and the threads of culture are wound into the roots. In fact, the design of Weisu Bay for water flow is very similar to the rooted approach of culture, digging deep into the connotation, scientific planning, and taking advantage of the trend.
The name of Weisu Bay comes from Su Shi, which in turn is related to Cihu Lake. When Su Shi lived in Huangzhou, Huangzhou and Huangshi faced each other across the river, and he often drove a small boat to Huangshi's Cihu Lake and Xisai Mountain, and even gathered with his brother in Cihu. It can be said that Cihu Lake is named after the magnet, but it is famous from Su Shi precisely because Su Shi's poems add ancient charm to this beautiful urban lake.
Although the urban construction projects in the past were beautified around Cihu Lake, they always lacked a little bit of "meaning", until they came to Weisu Bay with a leisurely chant of "covering green wheat and Weisu".
Weisu Bay has filled the shortcomings of the Su Shi culture in Cihu in the past, and has become the best carrier of poetic culture on Cihu.
Its name comes from the verses, and its internal design also contains Su Shi's poems everywhere, and the whole transformation process introduces Su Shi's poetry elements and geographical environment, starting from the Dongpo poems of different periods, and designs different scenes and routes, giving it a strong poetic feeling.
However, the ancient heritage of Weisu Bay does not stop there. "Su Shi culture is the soul, the village memory is the root, the reason why Weisu Bay is so touching is because it retains the memory of Sunjiawan, an ancient bay with a history of more than 200 years, and retains the strong nostalgia of the city. Gui Chuang, the relevant person in charge of Hubei Yuyang Commercial Operation Management Co., Ltd., the project operator, said.
When the project was designed, the Sunjiawan area was replanned in accordance with the principle of retaining the memory of the village and retaining nostalgia, retaining the old trees, old houses and old alleys, and carefully designing each old house before renovation, using old bricks, old tiles and old craftsmanship to repair the old as old and restore the historical memory. Moreover, it pays attention to the protection of the environment of Cihu Lake, and has built public toilets, lakeside fences, garbage cans, civilized persuasion signs, etc., which can be seen everywhere, and the cleaning staff can clean them in a mobile manner.
Cheng Sha, deputy secretary of the Huangguling community, said with emotion that when Weisu Bay was opened to the public for the first time, she accompanied the old people of Sunjiawan to revisit their hometown, looking for a little memory in the renovated village.
This is probably the beauty of modern urban renewal.
Although the culture in Weisu Bay is surging and nostalgic and melancholy, the wall painting, neon lights, flowers and other just the right young fashion elements add vitality to it. The collision of old and new cultures is like a wonderful dialogue through time and space, telling the changes and handovers of the years, and bringing forth the new to achieve cultural renewal.
Dig deep into the connotation and gather characteristic fireworks
Dig deep into the connotation and gather characteristic fireworks
"Babies, guess where I am now?By the way, Weisu Bay ......" On April 1, as soon as I walked into Weisu Bay, I saw a little beauty in Hanfu who was smiling and smiling was broadcasting live.
Since Weisu Bay opened to the public last year, it has quickly promoted to an Internet celebrity check-in place, the elderly love the quaint atmosphere here, the young people enjoy the youthful vitality here, and the children are obsessed with the beach paradise.
During this year's Spring Festival holiday, nearly 800,000 people enjoyed visiting Weisu Bay, and some citizens said with a smile: "I have seen every beautiful scenery of Weisu Bay in my circle of friends." Although it is a joke, it can be seen that Weisuwan is in the Huangshi circle of friends. It seems that everyone can find their own happiness in Weisu Bay.
The fire in Weisu Bay was rapid, but it was not unexpected. At the beginning of its construction, it was benchmarked against Changsha Wenheyou and Shanghai Tianzifang, and for the sustainability of the project operation, Weisuwan adopted the EPC+0 model, that is, design + construction + operation, and the project construction can be completed more efficiently by integrating key links.
It integrates three different periods of Huangshi's past, present and future, and is divided into six functional areas, including commercial block A, cultural tourism block B, cultural tourism and entrepreneurship C, homestay hotel area, parking lot area, and waterfront entertainment area.
"Area A of Weisu Bay was opened to the public during the National Day last year, and other areas have also been opened after New Year's Day this year, but the investment promotion work is still in progress. Gui Chuang said.
According to reports, the design of the intangible cultural heritage plate, special catering and play supporting plate B area will be completed in May this year, is expected to be open to the public before July, including Huangshi's characteristic tie-dyeing, handmade, etc., to enrich the public's play experience.
The B&Bs in the C, D areas will soon meet with the public, the B&Bs in the two areas have their own themes, not only to meet the needs of family gatherings, but also to provide business supporting services, but also designed a special hotel with the theme of cute pets, so that the people with "hairy children" have their own space.
At the same time, the most popular waterfront entertainment area for children will also usher in new changes, in addition to the current artificial beach, non-powered park and other shore projects, the water park part has also entered the stage of in-depth communication, is doing relevant safety assessments, and will be presented as soon as June.
Gui Chuang said that as the investment promotion in fixed areas is in place, they will also lay out distinctive mobile formats, such as self-service vending machines and bus vending vehicles, to meet the rich consumption needs of tourists. At the same time, as the weather gets warmer, they will focus on creating a special night market back garden to provide citizens with a good place to relax at night.
In ancient times, there was a famous sentence from Dongpo, and now I see a new color of smoke and scenery. The relevant person in charge of the Cultural Tourism Group of the Municipal Urban Development Group said that to do a good job in the operation and service of Weisu Bay, it is necessary to continue to dig deep into the cultural connotation, enrich the business format, and create a youth-friendly community integrating cultural creativity, food streets, tourism and leisure, youth communities and other functions, so as to meet the various needs of tourists in an all-round way. And relying on activities such as "Thousands of Cars and Thousands of People Visiting Huangshi" to attract tourists to Huangshi, more people are willing to come and come again, and immerse themselves in the smoke scene of Qionglou in Weisu Bay, so as to continuously stimulate the new vitality of Huangshi cultural tourism and strive to create a "Huangshi model" of urban renewal and cultural tourism.