In the past two decades, cities across the country have experienced the wave of old city transformation, in this wave, due to the influence of policies, cognition, economy and other factors, bitterness and tears are inevitable, and the hot words such as "demolition" and "nail household" have been born.
However, an old block named "Old West Gate" in the urban area of Changde City, Hunan Province, was reborn in the transformation of the old city, and the developer combed and refined the historical and cultural resources of the old West Gate, excavated the memory symbols deeply rooted in the hearts of the old Changde people and the characteristics presented by the site, organically combined the ancient rhyme and new style, the improvement of people's livelihood, and the urban development, forming a continuation of the unique regional culture and urban context of Yuanli, especially more than a thousand old residents have achieved relocation, which is rare in the transformation of The old city in China, therefore, This project has won many awards at home and abroad.
What was the old neighborhood like? Xie Changjian, an old neighbor, recalled that the red brick bungalows were twelve or three squares per square, and there were ten in a row, which could accommodate ten households, and the front and back were twenty households. Although the living conditions are harsh, the relationship between neighbors is very harmonious. Because the room is small, people put pots and stoves in the hallway to cook. Every time it's time to cook, your house burns firewood, his house makes a coal fire, and for a while the smoke is thick and steaming. Everyone knows who makes a delicious dish, and the scene of you coming to my house and I going to your house to pick up a chopstick dish is a very common thing. It doesn't matter if you're cooking outside in good weather, it's inconvenient when it's windy and snowy and rainy. In order to solve this problem, the housing management department used red bricks to build a 12-person-high single wall to enclose the corridor, and the outer wall was also made into a cross-shaped empty lattice for ventilation and lighting, although it was not built on the top, it was only a simple kitchen, and the families were already very satisfied.
Nowadays, the famous singer Wu Bixia's family lives in the east of Xiao Ximen Xie's family, the Xie family is a bungalow, her home is a two-story building, and there are many families living in it. A large gate went in, and people lived on both sides, and in the middle was a communal kitchen, and her family lived on the first floor. Wu Bixia's mother works at the Xinhua Bookstore in Daximen County, and her father is a pillar of the Changde County Flower Drum Theater Troupe. The Flower Drum Theater Troupe was on the street of The Yangjia Arch of Xiaoximen at that time, where there were originally cultural units such as the Changde County Radio Bureau and the Changde County Library, and Wu Bixia's father later became the head of the Flower Drum Troupe until he retired from the County Flower Drum Theater Troupe. The old neighbors of Xiao ximen remember that Wu Bixia was born with a loud voice, and even crying was like singing, and the crying was loud. Coupled with her big eyes and round face, delicate like a doll, she was very popular with the neighbors of Little Ximen. Every summer night, little Wu Bixia sang to the neighbors and won a round of applause.
Chen Sisi's family lives in the same building as Wu Bixia, and when she was a child, she was also a very lively child, and there must be a program every Children's Day. Who would have thought that in that dilapidated neighborhood, in the same building, two golden phoenixes of the Chinese music scene flew out?
Old West Gate in the past
Old Simon today
Wu Bixia (former) family
Chen Sisi children's day performance program