久久久无码人妻精品无码_6080YYY午夜理论片中无码_性无码专区_无码人妻品一区二区三区精99

USEUROPEAFRICAASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
China
Home / China / Top Stories

From the rubble, art and new life spring

By Deng Zhangyu | China Daily Europe | Updated: 2017-11-12 15:29

As her daily routine begins, Xu Hui walks past the debris of demolished homes in a shantytown in Changde, Hunan province, her mission being to ask people living in the area whether they are willing to move away from it.

Xu expects that once generous compensation is dangled before them, her interviewees are likely to jump at the chance to move away from the area, notorious for its human congestion and filth. Yet running against that expectation is the fact that nearly all of the 200 families or so whose homes are due to be next on the chopping block have chosen to stay and buy the new houses that will be built in their place.

Xu attributes this change of heart among locals about where they live to an art show in a newly built art center in the shantytown in September. On display were works by artists in an art project aimed at helping preserve the collective memory of the area, where the locals have lived for decades. Many of the artworks will eventually be placed in public spaces established in the area once the new houses are built.

 From the rubble, art and new life spring

The shantytown on the right bank of Changde's Yuanshui River in Hunan province will be demolished and replaced by new housing in six to eight years. Photos Provided to China Daily

 

"When people saw the show and the fancy art center, they were dumbstruck," says Xu, 40, who has lived in the shantytown for more than 10 years and works for a local community committee. "They then began telling me that they wanted to stay."

Like most residents living in Changde, a prefecture-level city with a population of 5.7 million, Xu had previously had little interest in art, something she equated to local operas or square dancing, a popular pastime throughout China.

Winding through the city is the Yuanshui River, on one bank of which is a well-off area that has flourished over the past 10 years as a result of urbanization. The other side of the river has not fared nearly as well, and it is there that the shantytown sits. As the disparity between the two sides of the river became ever more apparent, the local government decided to act last year, and it is as a result of this that the shantytown area is being rebuilt from the ground up.

"Urbanization in China is advancing at an incredible pace, and old buildings make way for new ones every day," says Hu Quanchun, a sculptor who specializes in public works. "But making art a part of the process of urbanization is rare."

Hu says that when he visited Changde to take part in a one-month residential art project in March and April, he had barely any idea about how to get started. For him, the area seemed to be much like any other small city in China, with rows of apartments and two-storey houses, narrow alleys and a lot of debris lying everywhere, the remnants of demolished houses.

Working under Hu is a team of 14, most of them students at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. They lived with local families and got to know the locals well.

After several days getting to know the locals, Hu decided to create pieces of art that related to their daily lives, the aim being to help safeguard the collective memory.

Hu and his team found hundreds of discarded metal plates in the debris of demolished homes. These plates resemble car license plates bearing street and apartment numbers.

It is hardly surprising that because of the shantytown's location, it used to be a fishing village, and a celebrated Chinese writer, Shen Congwen, once wrote an essay that evoked how the countless boats and ships nestling there reflected the area's prosperity. These days the fishermen have all but disappeared, and most of the locals work in a commodity market nearby.

So Hu decided to attach the plates to a wooden fishing vessel that used to be a common sight in the area. When locals saw the boat decorated with the plates that identified their neighbors, they approached Hu and asked him whether he could do a similar artwork involving their houses.

Their eagerness to be involved was also fired by another of Hu's works, a concrete cube made of construction waste collected from a family's home with their address on it. A family's old furniture, as well as other items discarded as they moved out of their old home, can also be made part of the cubes.

"When people build a house and make it their home, all sorts of materials particular to them go into it," Hu says. "House owners build up their homes with different materials. So the cube represents the unique memory of a family."

Many residents have asked him to create a cube for them, he says. Previously they just seemed curious about what his job was and were confounded by his interest in collecting waste.

These cubes will later be used as stools in public spaces in the area, recounting in their special way the history of the old shantytown.

"What I appreciate about this is that people will recognize themselves and their past when they see these stools, instead of simply erasing the past when a new town is set up," Hu says.

His team also collected bricks in ruins to engrave people's wishes on them and build them into a memorial wall.

"The locals are very down-to-earth people. They'll say straight out, 'I want to make a fortune'," Hu says with a laugh. "Some write poems."

Another artist, Zhao Ming, focuses more on the emotions of people, doing so by using pictures and sound. Zhao and her team are from the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. They spent a busy week in the shantytown, mainly recording sounds, including voices. These included people chatting, peddlers hawking their wares, riding scooters, dogs barking and the hum of insects in vegetable gardens. They also came across a local opera society in a teahouse and recorded what Zhao calls "the voices of art".

"Life here is very slow and easy. In fact, people here don't seem to be as driven with lust as big-city folk are."

Zhao reckons that those who inhabit the shantytown are mainly children, middle-aged or older people. Young people seem to prefer living on the other bank, where the downtown area is, she says.

She and her team set up an open sitting room beside the Yuanshui River against a ruined house, complete with discarded furniture in which they planted audio devices. Then they invited locals to the sitting room and chatted away as the background sounds added an air of everyday life to the proceedings.

"They needed some coaxing to come here, but now people are making frequent visits and say how much they love the place."

Xu, whose house is one of those that has already bitten the dust, says she could never have imagined that she would miss what used to go on every day in this place and, through the artists, she is being given the chance to satisfy her nostalgic longings.

Like many of her neighbors who have chosen to stay, Xu rents an apartment nearby, waiting eagerly to see her new home.

The sound installation with photos is now on display in the newly built art center, the first building to set up in the shantytown.

Zhao says it is rare for artists to take part in pulling down the old and raising up the new, and she plans to return to Changde to do more artworks next month.

"When people have everything they want materially, they naturally yearn for spiritual things," says Zhao of locals choosing to stay instead of moving to the supposedly better section of town on the other side of the river.

Altogether, more than 2,500 buildings and houses will be removed in the shantytown, involving 8,612 families, the local government says. The project is expected to take six to eight years to complete.

Zhao says she arrived in Changde in March, just after demolition had begun. Many people were on edge about what was happening around them and apprehensive about the future, she says. Most of the first group of families whose houses were demolished chose to move to other areas. But once the art project was finished and the show in the art center had opened, an increasing number decided to stay, keen not to let their memories, now embodied in art, simply die.

A local art group, Hummingbird, also took part in the project, collecting old furniture thrown out during demolition work, taking photos of families standing in front of their about-to-be-demolished houses and filming short stories about locals.

Zhong Jihong, a member of the group, says that several months after the group took pictures of one couple, the woman died, leaving her husband with a treasured last picture of them together. After a pregnant woman was being pictured as she left her house for the last time, she gave birth.

"This is not just about pulling down houses and putting up new ones, but about learning to take care of the people who live in them," Zhong says.

The long-term art project was set up by Changde Konland Urban Development Co, a State-owned enterprise that is working with the local government to develop the poor bank area.

Liu Hui, general manager of Changde Konland, says: "As China's urbanization continues apace, it's common to simply plonk down new buildings where the old ones once stood. We want to avoid that. We are thinking about what should be kept and why."

Over the past few decades, China's urbanization has gone through two phases, he says. The first was cities concentrating on building big factories and State-owned businesses. After 2000, cities set up lots of industrial zones.

"We have adopted an approach in which cities put a premium on culture, art and nature."

dengzhangyu@chinadaily.com.cn

Editor's picks
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
久久久无码人妻精品无码_6080YYY午夜理论片中无码_性无码专区_无码人妻品一区二区三区精99

    国内精品不卡在线| 精品精品国产高清a毛片牛牛| 欧美α欧美αv大片| 亚洲精品菠萝久久久久久久| 麻豆成人在线观看| 欧美在线|欧美| 欧美经典三级视频一区二区三区| 天天综合色天天| 91片黄在线观看| 日本一区二区三级电影在线观看 | 日韩一区二区在线免费观看| 亚洲人成网站在线| 成人免费高清在线| 亚洲精品一区二区精华| 不卡影院免费观看| 中文字幕欧美日韩一区| 在线亚洲+欧美+日本专区| 免费在线看一区| 欧美精品777| 亚洲一区免费在线观看| 97精品视频在线观看自产线路二| 欧美国产日韩亚洲一区| 欧美视频在线一区二区三区 | 欧美色老头old∨ideo| 亚洲天堂免费看| av在线一区二区三区| 国产精品拍天天在线| 风间由美一区二区av101| 久久精品男人的天堂| 国产精品一区二区在线观看网站| 精品99一区二区| 色综合一个色综合亚洲| 亚洲精品第1页| 精品日韩欧美在线| 91浏览器在线视频| 国产一区二区三区综合| 国产调教视频一区| 欧美性做爰猛烈叫床潮| 国产精品一区在线| 天天色 色综合| 中文字幕在线一区| 高清不卡一二三区| 日韩在线一区二区| 日韩精品综合一本久道在线视频| 九九热在线视频观看这里只有精品 | 成人av网址在线| 日韩中文字幕麻豆| 亚洲色图另类专区| 久久精品人人爽人人爽| 5566中文字幕一区二区电影| 久久黄色级2电影| 久久久噜噜噜久久人人看| 成人伦理片在线| 欧美aa在线视频| 亚洲黄网站在线观看| 国产日韩欧美亚洲| 日韩视频中午一区| 在线亚洲精品福利网址导航| 豆国产96在线|亚洲| 久久99在线观看| 亚洲国产精品久久不卡毛片| 日韩精品中午字幕| 欧美国产丝袜视频| 欧美一区二区视频在线观看2020| 久久99这里只有精品| 亚洲成av人片| 国产亚洲综合av| 欧美一区二区三区四区久久| 色噜噜夜夜夜综合网| 久久99在线观看| 日韩国产欧美视频| 亚洲国产成人在线| 久久蜜桃香蕉精品一区二区三区| 欧美一区中文字幕| 欧美精品一二三| 欧美午夜电影网| 一本久久a久久精品亚洲| 全部av―极品视觉盛宴亚洲| 一二三区精品福利视频| 久久综合色播五月| 日本高清不卡aⅴ免费网站| 成人av免费在线播放| 高清shemale亚洲人妖| 国产一区二区三区四区五区美女 | 久久99精品久久久久久国产越南 | 中文字幕成人网| 久久综合色婷婷| 精品国产91洋老外米糕| 91精品国产色综合久久不卡蜜臀| 欧美亚洲国产怡红院影院| 91福利区一区二区三区| 日本久久电影网| 91高清视频在线| 日本电影亚洲天堂一区| 一本大道久久a久久综合| www.亚洲国产| 99视频超级精品| 99久久综合精品| 99re亚洲国产精品| 色综合夜色一区| 色狠狠综合天天综合综合| 色综合色狠狠综合色| 色综合久久久久久久| 色拍拍在线精品视频8848| 一本一道久久a久久精品| 在线精品视频小说1| 欧美探花视频资源| 欧美日本免费一区二区三区| 国产激情一区二区三区| 蜜臀av一区二区在线免费观看| 日本va欧美va精品| 久久精品久久久精品美女| 极品销魂美女一区二区三区| 久久精品国产成人一区二区三区| 精品一区二区久久久| 国产精品99久久久久久久女警| 懂色av一区二区三区蜜臀| 不卡一区中文字幕| 91久久人澡人人添人人爽欧美 | 国产视频一区在线播放| 亚洲国产精品av| 亚洲精品综合在线| 亚洲成国产人片在线观看| 日韩中文字幕av电影| 久草热8精品视频在线观看| 粉嫩欧美一区二区三区高清影视| 91女神在线视频| 欧美精品自拍偷拍| 精品国产3级a| 国产精品嫩草影院av蜜臀| 一区二区三区在线免费| 青青草成人在线观看| 国产精品自拍av| 97国产一区二区| 欧美日韩一二三区| 精品国产第一区二区三区观看体验| 久久久久国产精品麻豆ai换脸 | 国模少妇一区二区三区| zzijzzij亚洲日本少妇熟睡| 欧美性猛片aaaaaaa做受| 日韩欧美中文一区| 国产精品视频一二| 亚洲综合丁香婷婷六月香| 麻豆精品一区二区综合av| 成人黄色国产精品网站大全在线免费观看| 91国偷自产一区二区三区成为亚洲经典| 51午夜精品国产| 欧美激情中文不卡| 亚洲一区二区欧美日韩| 黄页网站大全一区二区| 一本大道av一区二区在线播放| 欧美一区二视频| 国产精品电影一区二区三区| 日韩精品亚洲专区| 国产激情视频一区二区三区欧美 | 亚洲欧美在线aaa| 污片在线观看一区二区| 国产一区二区视频在线| 在线观看欧美黄色| 久久综合九色综合欧美就去吻| 亚洲码国产岛国毛片在线| 蜜臀久久99精品久久久久宅男| 99re成人精品视频| 欧美大片在线观看一区| 亚洲品质自拍视频| 国产专区欧美精品| 欧洲一区在线观看| 国产日韩欧美在线一区| 日韩激情视频在线观看| 99久久久精品| 精品国产乱码久久久久久蜜臀 | 中文字幕一区二| 麻豆成人av在线| 欧美影视一区在线| 久久久久成人黄色影片| 天天射综合影视| 99久久精品免费| 日韩欧美黄色影院| 亚洲一区二区高清| zzijzzij亚洲日本少妇熟睡| 精品乱人伦小说| 亚洲a一区二区| 91日韩精品一区| 国产日韩高清在线| 免费在线观看一区| 欧美亚洲日本国产| 国产精品污网站| 精品一区二区免费看| 欧美裸体一区二区三区| 亚洲欧美一区二区三区极速播放| 狠狠色狠狠色综合系列| 欧美乱熟臀69xxxxxx| 伊人一区二区三区| www.欧美.com| 国产视频一区在线播放| 久久成人免费网站| 欧美一区欧美二区| 五月天久久比比资源色| 在线观看亚洲专区| 亚洲视频一区二区在线观看|