I met Zeng Lixia at this year's "Dumb Festival" in Qixuan Village, Dali, and others introduced her as the host of Dali TV, by the way, she also runs two bookstores.
On that day, she carried a hand-held gimbal, and many things on the scene would be caught by her in her camera, including the grandmother who was embroidering the upper of the shoe with the rings of the years, the fresh village road with the smell of pine branches and leaves, and the winding dragon pattern painting on the "big dumb man......
On that day, she was like a child who liked new things, but she was not noisy, her face was calm, and her heart was surging.
In an ancient house, when Zeng Lixia wanted to photograph Bi Mo sitting together resting, she first went to ask the old man for advice, and only after getting permission did she take out her camera. After taking the photo, she squatted and chatted with Bi Mo, who was sitting on the stone steps.
The midday sun was filtered by the old trees and eaves on one side of the house, and when it was sprinkled on her face, it was gentle and beautiful.
Under the sun, Zeng once talked to Bi Mo about the origin of the "Dumb Festival".
Put the seed in the dirt and grow it with him
Friends who knew her well would call her Zengzeng, and she also named a rural bookstore after it. "Zeng Zeng's Book House" is located in Fotang Village, Fengyu Town, Dali, is a pure public welfare book house, relying on the help of friends from all walks of life plus their own book collection, there are more than 6,000 books covering more than 10 categories.
The book house was opened in the spring of 2022, but before that, the seed to open a book house had been hidden in Zeng Zeng's heart for too long.
Zeng Zeng's friend advised her: "Don't open a bookstore, don't make money, and when you open a bookstore, you won't have time to study." ”
But seeds will always take root and sprout in the soil, and by chance, she turned to a media person who runs a bookstore in Kunming in her circle of friends to close her bookstore, so the collection of books was sold at a low price.
Media people help media people, bookstore people help bookstore people
Maybe it was this copywriting that moved Zeng Zeng, maybe it was something else. Anyway, that time, she spent more than 10,000 yuan to buy a truckload of books.
Once you've taken the first step, the next step is to think about what to do next. Zeng Zeng has traveled all over Dali, but in such a tourist city, it is too difficult to find a rented space that Zeng Zeng can afford.
"I have a vacant house in Fengyu Buddha Hall Village, you can go to open a book house. ”
A friend helped her solve the problem, and when she hesitated whether the book house was built here too far away, the friend added another sentence: "Dali does not lack a Zeng Zeng book house, but it is needed here." ”
Since then, her books have a home, and the bookstore built in the village naturally cannot be charged, and Zeng Zeng's bookstore has the attribute of public welfare.
The "Zeng Zeng's Book House" in Fengyu Fotang Village is a public welfare book house
The house of the book house is a friend's, the books are donated, and the utility bill doesn't cost much...... Zeng had a calculation in her heart, but she didn't expect that as of this year, she had invested 200,000 yuan. What bothers her more than this investment is the cost of time.
"It's a two-hour drive from the city, and I still don't go there too much. At the mention of this, Zeng Zeng's tone was a little remorseful. "But there's always a way. "Zeng Zeng's peaceful appearance has a persistence that can be deducted.
Does it need a reason to insist? Does it not need it? However, she likes everyone who comes to the library to read. Especially the faces of the children in the village.
One day, I saw two boys looking around a map, and walked over to find that it was a map of the Old Summer Palace. "Maybe it's a moment of curiosity. Zeng Zeng didn't care at first.
On the second day, there were more children looking at the map, and on the third day, even children from other villages came to the bookstore......
The children gathered around to discuss what the Old Summer Palace was like
More than a dozen little heads came together, and the picture of facing the map made Zeng Zeng's heart soften.
"A map of the Old Summer Palace triggered a treasure hunt in the book house...... I wish someone could tell them about this history. Zeng Zeng posted a circle of friends.
Unexpectedly, it quickly got a response, and Hu Xinyu, an expert in public welfare in Beijing, told the story of the Old Summer Palace to the children in the village through the projection screen in the bookstore.
Screenshot of Zeng Zeng's circle of friends
"That's a window, their eyes to see the world. ”
In the future, Zeng Zeng did not imagine that she would be pushed forward, but she knew that if such a picture appeared again, it could touch her heart, and she would organize such an event and mobilize all the resources she could mobilize. She believes that there will be people who, like her, are not careful about calculations, and are just as willing to love "confusedly".
On April 23, the 3rd National Reading Conference opened in Kunming, Yunnan Province. At the opening ceremony, Wang Ning, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, specifically mentioned a public welfare bookstore in Fengyu Town, Eryuan County, Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, "Zeng Zeng's Book House", which attracted more than 20 local children to become "little fans" of reading. Through many media, a small rural bookstore has entered the public eye.
Running a bookstore that was built only a year later than Heshun Library?
Zeng once responded with four words: sincere fear
Search for "well-known bookstore in Dali" on Baidu, and Cangyi Library will not be pushed out in the front. But the bookstore's history is only a year later than Tengchong's Heshun Library. Even the old tree in front of the bookstore is more than 500 years old.
In 1938, the Cangyi Library was founded by Mr. Yan Zizhen, the founder of the Xizhou business gang "Yongchangxiang", with 10,613 books of 3,064 kinds and most of them are rare books, 19 libraries, and the outdoor reading platform ring is surrounded by marble railings, and the flowers and plants are widely planted in the pavilions. Because Yan Zizhen called himself "Cangyi Old Man" in his later years, the library he donated was named "Cangyi Library".
Cangyi Library is a Chinese-style building, facing the east and west, its main building is a traditional two-storey wooden frame building in Xizhou, the roof imitates the roof form of "one master and two slaves" often adopted by the temple building in Dali area, the central roof is the top of the heavy eaves rest, the north and south sides are connected to the top of the mountain with two slopes, the wing angle of the roof of the top of the hill is warped, the two ends of the ridge are decorated with a pair of huge fish, the bottom floor and the floor eaves have bucket arches, cornices, the whole building is dignified and atmospheric.
Founded in 1938, the Cangyi Library has a 500-year-old tree at the door
"Completed in 29 years, this library can last forever! There are more than 3,000 volumes collected, who can read them all?" When the Cangyi Library was built, Mr. Zhao Jianan, a famous scholar of the Bai nationality, wrote a congratulatory couplet.
"Xizhou is a miracle, I can't remember, in any remote place in China, I have seen such a decent town, and when I enter the town, it is like arriving in Cambridge, England, and the streets are full of living water...... There is a library, and there is a marble archway in the museum, and the words are gilded!" Mr. Lao She described Cangyi Library in his book.
After Feng Yu's "Zeng Zeng's Book House" was in operation for a year, Dali Xizhou Ancient Town Company found Zeng Zeng and asked her to take over the management of Cangyi Library. Knowing this, Zeng Zeng's heart swelled up with emotion: sincere fear.
There are many reasons why he is willing to take over this work, but what touches Zeng the most is the four inscriptions at the entrance of the bookstore, one of which tells that "the rich have books but cannot read them, and the poor want to read but cannot read them." This is a mistake. That is, because the concept of no public is to have no public facilities. The other section states that the purpose of building the book house is to "increase their knowledge."
Through the four inscriptions, Zeng Zeng completed a dialogue with his ancestors 80 years ago. Perhaps this is the power that words give to people.
The Cangyi Library has a rich collection of books
The Cangyi Library has a rich collection of books
He has introduced high-quality books about Dali through new media platforms
With this idea in mind, Zeng Zeng began to carry out long-term salon activities in bookstores, whether it is readers telling books, writers signing books, or people from all walks of life who are "reclusive" in Dali to talk about their perception of the world. In more than a year, Cangyi Library has carried out more than 20 activities. From the beginning, it took a lot of effort to prepare, organize, plan, and implement, and now, many event organizations will take the initiative to contact the library and apply to carry out special theme activities here.
Teachers were invited to give lectures on Jiama in the Cangyi Library
Sharing session at Cangyi Library
In the bookstore, Zeng Zeng chose a wall to display books related to Yunnan and Dali here.
"I want to make this the living room of Xizhou" allows people who have seen the world to come here to describe the road they have traveled, and let people who want to see the world come here and find the distance they want to go.
Connecting to the world can go beyond books
For some of the points of general concern now, Zeng once had his own answers:
"Do you think that modern people don't read anymore?"
"Books are just a medium, the trend of the times is constantly moving forward, and video and audio are also nutrients for different media. It doesn't matter if you read a book or not, it's just a way for a person to choose to open themselves. As long as you find a way that suits you, nourish yourself, and connect deeply with the world, it's good. ”
As for his future plans, Zeng once said that he had not considered it, "At most, I only think about tomorrow." Zeng Zeng smiled: "As the old saying goes, people have no foresight, but they must have near-term worries." I don't think I have any long-term worries, and I don't have near-term worries. ”
How long the bookstore can last, Zeng Zeng didn't know, "I only insist on this fate, if one day, it will be dispersed, then it will be scattered, and it will be good to cherish this time." ”
Zeng Zeng is still trying to make many types of multimedia accounts, and the unified name is called "Zeng Zeng's Book House".
He once participated in the recording of the documentary "Fun Singing" of Yunnan Public Culture Cloud with the Shanren Band
Back to the original question, her friend persuaded her that there would be no time to read books if she was a bookstore.
Zeng once thought about it, reading seems to be a kind of life, how can life change casually!
Yunnan Public Culture Cloud Contributed and photographed