Source: Southern Weekly: YUNNING PROJECT
This time next year, the clear rain water again, Guangzhou Henning Road I do not know security in. Launched in 2007 by the transformation of Henning Road, West off the old city core demolition in 2010 removed completely, and then place the construction. Habitat relations, architectural features, and cultural environment to the old Guangzhou context in crystal-clear with a full, have to be reinvent the wheel.
Past daily, early development when the morning light, the Bahe looked Lai Chi Wan Chung woke up. The streets depths of the trip the cage door, slowly crescendos loud boiling. The first business noodle shop everything is ready, waiting for the neighborhood seated. Stretches the arcade under the protection of children go hand in hand to school, Street momentary noise boundless. Morning, reading voice recited, stone road leisurely. Eleven, various pots and pans thick sound, meat and vegetable pot sound come and go. Transferred to a nap after midnight, the quartzite flowers under the leaves cats to steal sleep, Artists Association of TV broadcast endless Cantonese films, ask the duty of the uncles revisit how much of the dream? I do not know where to occasionally throw a Cantonese opera singing, and suddenly the sky, screeching will stop. Several Neighbourhood and pacing to and carrying teapot, self-care shop in bronze in front of a long wooden bench to sit down, calm look at Aso playing copper. Until the Lantern since the beginning of each household full of homing. Whose fried kale, Whose cloud ear steamed across the transparent trips cage crystal clear. After dinner, the earth Jiujie Ping aunt off the floor, look for the cat, the case of the estate of Miss Su, a chat, stepping stone path embrace the cat to return home. The Xiguan people to build more loft, before going to bed from the skylight to see the moon, see all wanes. Old generations of West Guan Miss, dress-for-skirts, but Henning Road In these circumstances never change.
Henning Road construction and demolition in Guangzhou has a lot of controversy, but the demolition has been the situation is pressing. Been promised, such as cultural relic protection units of eight and Hall, the residence of Bruce demolition; road arcade original state to retain Street within the stone path and a large banyan tree does not move bones. But today, a century Main Street is the site everywhere, which only scattered scattered Xiguan people left behind. Indifferent Guangzhou sigh: the Bahe it? Old neighbors? West off?
In time before the departure of the last one people, the Guangzhou group of young people using text and images, which lasted several months in an attempt to building combined with people's way to record the details of Henning Road: see the scene, the granite road trip cage The the, Manchuria window, Flower tiles, wood chairs; and can not see the story, in fact, done write in grateful Cantonese old groom, shop owner, a young and old face. Generations of Henning, have switched away ...
The Yongqing Erxiang Luanyu Hall
Luanyu Hall, located on the 1st, Yongqing Lane, Henning Road, the building of the Republic of China. The original Museum is located at the sand along the waterfront street, formerly known as Germany and the Church, the Artists Association of Cantonese martial arts under the line, later renamed Luanyu Hall. The Church rebuilt after the opening, in October 2003 and currently has about 90 members, distributed at home and abroad. Every weekend, today Luanyu Hall will have the children come with Master Arts. Stable source of funding, the luan yu Church does not for profit for the purpose of recruiting students, committed to the traditional Cantonese martial arts handed down.
Henning Road, Zhou Meizhen
Zhou Meizhen Tao Tao Ju, founder of Mr. Chen Qingxuan grandson of the daughter-in-law, married 18-year-old Chen, a daughter. Unfortunately, her husband died young, leaving the mother and daughter had each other. Zhou Meizhen like nostalgia, home covered with framed calligraphy, antique small screen.
Sixteen just West Erxiang Ye Zhaobo
73-year-old Cantonese Opera Bo Shu, currently residing at sixteen just the West Erxiang is well-known performing artists, Cheung Wood-yau former residence. Tert under the tutelage of Bo Sit Kok the Baiju Wing, Cheung Wood-yau's daughter married in 1959 and moved into here, it has been 50 years. Chinese and Western house decoration, after years of wind and rain, still Western-style steel windows, teak floors, glass assembly from the scaly skin details, see its exquisite attention to.
Auspicious Fong Chan Kwan
The 74-year-old Chan Kwan, with her daughter to and from convenient, specially moved from Fangcun five years ago, they rented here. In the bedroom, with a newspaper, wallpaper, said to be free to replace the pattern style preferences; and newspapers can be absorbent, so the room does not feel wet in rainy weather.
Henning Road, Wong Kee Book Store
A wide range of Wong Kee Book an array of old goods, in addition to the old comic books, magazines, there is the old bronze, old ornaments ornaments. Shopkeeper Huang Shu and his wife, Ying sister, daughter Showtime a day in store operations in the store at night and rest, almost all of their lives.
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Domingo (right) and her mother, Lian Jie (left) one of three generations living in this big house of three layers, the bottom as a shop premises, and more owner-occupied on the second floor. Domingo mother bought this house in the 1930s, the house beautifully furnished dizzying crystallization of the tradition of three generations of careful management.
Henning Road, Hong Noodle Shop
70 years ago, the people's livelihood and Chen (second from left) grandfather bought Henning Road No. 105, double, clinics and residential. In 1997, Chen people's livelihood and his wife changed into a noodle shop in Hong-Sheng, operating so far. The secret cow margin tendons, especially famous wonton, fish balls, all kinds of noodles the same complete. 13 years, the multi-Po, Henning Road to the old West of the sand off corner of throughout David dough store's regular customers.
Treasure Fong Yue Hing Tong
LEUNG Pak, 78 years, more than 40 years of the sale of herbal tea. His herbal tea is unique in that the "remedy" the prescription of herbal tea formulated according to the physical condition of the guests. Within the Street Dubbo Square Xiguan rents do herbal tea, Yue Hing Tong is one of the few one. Across trips cage, you can see the house covered with hand written calligraphy. The annual Spring Festival, LEUNG Pak will write a pair of couplets, this year's Spring Festival couplets is calm, go with the flow ".
