"Just three hundred meters, keep people for half an hour."
This is a street in Fu Hougang.
Objectives set at the beginning of the standardization and upgrading process
To this end, the street renovation and upgrading creates an immersive cultural experience through the restoration of existing sites and the telling of historical stories, and incorporates the lifestyle favored by contemporary young people, creating a historical street with a warmth.
Fu Hougang starts from Baiziting in the east, crosses Central Road, and connects to Hubei Road in the west, with Hunan Road in the north and Zifeng Mansion in the south, the block is less than 300 meters long.
This area has a long history and was originally a Gangfu, where the rear guard of the government army was stationed in the Ming Dynasty, and was later renamed Fu Hougang.
In addition to 23 old buildings, including the former site of the Eighth Route Army Office in Beijing, the former site of Li Zongren's residence, the former residence of Wu Yifang, and the former site of the former Myanmar Embassy in the Republic of China, the area was also home to cultural celebrities such as Lin Sanzhi, Qian Songyan, Kuang Yamin, Wu Zhongqi, and Gao Mader.
Before the transformation, FuHouGang road sides for several years have not been repair, lack of cultural display content, vegetation maintenance is insufficient, wall mottling, public facilities aging and a series of problems, repeatedly criticized by residents. Now, after the transformation of Fu Hougang a new look.
- At the entrance to Central Road, an outdated utility pole was transformed with a new wrap and labeled with 23 historical and cultural points in the area for visitors to see at a glance;
- The cultural wall on one side details the origin of Fu Hougang and its back story.
- Walking along the Fu Hougang Street Alley, the establishment of a green clock, iron seats, rose cane racks and other one of a kind vignettes has greatly increased the modern flavor of this street;
- The fence has been set up with characteristic window displays, which present a unique artistic color when exposed to sunlight.
At the entrance of the alley near Hubei Road in Fu Hougang
Created a large wall of Lin Sanzhi's calligraphy
Give a glimpse of the "contemporary grass saint"
Calligraphy of the floating sky
It is reported that this wall was selected to display Lin Sanzhi's Three Songs on Calligraphy in cursive script. "When the street was remodeled, the famous painter Yu Hui was invited to give on-site guidance, and she thought that Lin Sanzhi wrote this calligraphy here, which is representative and better highlights the cultural atmosphere here." Related staff introduction.
Adjacent to the Lin Sanzhi Calligraphy Wall
A literal culture wall has also been crafted
It's got over 20 address plates stamped on it.
Including: No. 15 Fu Hougang, the former site of Wu Yifang's residence (Wu Yifang was the first woman to sign the United Nations Charter); No. 30 Fu Hougang, the former site of Li Zongren's public house; No. 117 Central Road, the former site of Lin Sanzhi's residence; and No. 39-1 Gao Yunling, the former residence of Wu Zhongqi. ...... If you would like to know the story behind each door number, you can Scan the QR code at the bottom of the cultural wall and listen to the story narration by the young pioneers of Qing Yun Lane Primary School.
One by one, the old buildings
It allows visitors to stop and take a moment to appreciate
And the exercise equipment set up along the street
And the neighborhood will be strong and healthy.
"After the transformation of the environment is really great, not only go out and have a place to go, once indiscriminately parked motor vehicles and non-motorized vehicles have also been effectively remedied." Resident Dai Guoping said.
Hunan Street Office of the relevant person in charge of the Fu Hougang transformation before extensive consultation with residents, the design of the early stage also specifically invited deputies to the National People's Congress and members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference held a joint meeting of the Democratic Council to solicit public opinion, and invited the original resident in this cultural celebrity Yu Jigao's daughter of the famous painter Yu Hui, restored to the year's historical memories and suggestions for the out of the new, the rendering of the draft of the eight drafts.
In the renovation, including street signs, signs, flowers and windows, etc., the design highlights the historical heritage of Hunan Road area, for example, the building color selection of light gray as the main tone, light curry and dark gray as the auxiliary tone, will be embellished with the light yellow of the sycamore, so as to let the city's color texture and the characteristics of the streets and lanes combined.
"Through careful renovation, to achieve the goal of 'just three hundred meters, stay half an hour', I hope that tourists to Xuanwu Lake can go to Fu Hougang 'stroll' to feel the history of change. " The person in charge said, Fu Hougang historical and cultural streets and alleys not only retain the rich historical and cultural heritage, but also will provide a platform for modern art to display and exchange.
