Tradition and modernity blend together, and freshmen in ancient villages look at the big square.

When the style of eastern Jiangxi meets modern art

This modern building is a cafe, but it is not in a bustling city, but behind the wind and fire wall of a small village in Jiangxi.

When you walk into the cafe, you will probably see an uncle playing chess in it. The cup at their hand is not tea, but coffee.

This is Dafang Village, Jinxi County, Fuzhou City, Jiangxi Province.

Here, modern buildings with strange shapes are built next to the traditional buildings of Jiangxi School, and the works of artists and villagers are in the same room. The tunes of traditional tea-picking dramas are intertwined with the guitars of young people. ...

Tradition and modernity collide and blend wonderfully here, which makes this ancient village exude a unique temperament.

With this unique temperament, Dafang Village has become a popular tourist punching place, with an annual tourism income of more than 5.6 million yuan.

Big room, generous, big square

Dafang Village, located on the plain between Wuyishan and Poyang Lake, has a history of more than 500 years.

The biggest surname in the village is Li. The origin of the village name is related to the Li family.

During the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty, Li's parents died suddenly. Because the distribution of property was not arranged, the brothers at home quarreled.

Just then, a group of thieves stole all the property of the Li family while they were fighting for property.

Family discord brought such consequences that the Lee brothers regretted it.

Later, Li, one of the brothers, went out to do business and went through hardships, and Li Jiacai rallied.

In order not to repeat the same mistakes, Li has always warned his sons that they should be tolerant and generous, and their family background and talents should flourish.

Later, when we parted again, Li Yuzhong, the eldest son, obeyed the family instructions and gave up all his family wealth, while he started a mountain nearby, established a foundation and gradually formed a village.

Gradually, people refined Li Yuzhong's "big house" into the village name "big house". The generous and tolerant way of dealing with the world has also become a tradition followed by generous people for generations.

A family is not as rich as other families.

After 90, many generous people left their hometown to look for opportunities in the city. The bread business that sells well has become the choice of generous people.

In 2000, villager Li Shusheng opened a bakery in Nanjing.

In order to occupy the market as soon as possible, Li Shusheng keeps studying and researching. Whenever there is an exhibition related to bread, he will study and accumulate experience.

Many things happen, and gradually he groped for the exclusive secret recipe of fermentation. With this secret recipe, Li Shusheng has gained a firm foothold in the market.

When he went home to visit relatives, Li Shusheng found that the income of the villagers who stayed at home was less than one tenth of his income, and his life was very tight.

Seeing the difficulties of the villagers, Li Shusheng suggested that everyone who wanted to do bread business could go to his shop to learn technology, and all the secret recipes were made public.

In this way, driven by Li Shusheng, more than 50 villagers in Dafang Village started bread business.

Everyone also agreed not to open stores in adjacent places, so as not to let competition hurt harmony. Later, this agreement gradually became the regulation of the bread industry in Jinxi County.

Today, one in ten people in Jinxi is making bread. Everyone has decentralized operations and opened more than 10,000 bakeries in every prefecture-level city in the country, creating an annual output value of 3.5 billion yuan.

Keep the roots and innovate.

However, although the money was earned, Dafang Village gradually became empty.

The old houses in the village are in disrepair and it is difficult to live in, so many young people who work outside are reluctant to come back.

People really want to repair the old house, but this is a huge project, which requires not only a lot of money, but also technical support, and cannot be completed by one village.

Until 20 18, Jinxi county government cooperated with China Cultural Relics Protection Foundation to launch a large-scale "Save Old Houses" activity. Dafang village was also included in the repair list.

2065438+In June 2009, the first-phase restoration project of Dafang Village started. At that time, many foreign artists were also invited to the village to provide fresh elements for creating multi-style creative villages.

But their ideas conflict with those of the villagers.

Once, when repairing a villager's old house, the designer wanted to tear down the Feng Shui wall and increase the lighting and ventilation of the house.

However, this practice was opposed by the owners. Old houses are all left by ancestors, and the pattern and wind water are very delicate and cannot be easily destroyed.

The two sides are deadlocked and the project cannot continue.

Later, under the care of the village director, the owners and designers sat together to exchange ideas. Finally, the two sides took a step back, and the Feng Shui wall was retained, but several windows were opened for ventilation and lighting.

Facing contradictions is not confrontation, but seeking reconciliation. In this way, the village is changing day by day in the communication and acceptance between villagers and designers.

In March 2020, the first phase restoration project of Dafang Village was completed. This ancient village not only retains the traditional pattern and the shape of ancient buildings, but also incorporates the characteristics of the times, attracting many tourists.

Nowadays, young people who used to go out to work hard have returned to their hometowns to live and start businesses, and many foreign artists have stayed for a long time because they slowly fell in love with China culture. This traditional and modern village is full of vitality.

Tonight at 20:00, go to Dafang Village, Fuzhou, Jiangxi, and see a village where tradition and modernity blend.

"Remember Homesickness" Rural Revitalization Series

Broadcast content: "Dafang Village-Dafang Dafang Ancient Village Freshmen"

Broadcast time:1Wednesday, October 26th, 2022+20:00.

Broadcast channel: CCTV-4 Chinese International Channel

Editor | Wang