Taopingqiangzhai: full bloom new life in the depths of history
Taopingqiangzhai new look. Zhang Wu Chuanming photo journalists
May 7, Qiang Village after the disaster rescue and protection of the towers project completion ceremony will be opened Taopingqiangzhai Li County, Aba Prefecture. This means that lasted nearly three years of post-disaster rescue Taopingqiangzhai protection project was successfully completed. In Zagunao River, the "Oriental Mystery Castle" reputation Taopingqiangzhai, the reproduction of the beautiful appearance.
After the earthquake, this was built in 111 BC, as a national cultural relics protection units Taopingqiangzhai, has aroused strong concern. Three years later, where the villagers Qiang right? Villagers Here and now, how about the feelings and expectations? Recently, this reporter into the Taopingqiangzhai, look for this Millennium Ancient Qiang Village Past and Present.
Yang stick to the old house cultural code Millennium Courtyard
"Yang Courtyard" Key House "signs" that read: "This house is the oldest and most complete Qiang a house, a thousand years of history, there is room maze, water network, and other characteristics of the old fireplace tourist attractions ... ... "" south mind, "" You Lin across the border "," into the West "and other film and television drama shot in the viewfinder.
May 3, Yang Yang Dengfu Courtyard's owner was busy greeting guests come to visit. "Our Courtyard is Taopingqiangzhai Yang headman's house first, has been for thousands of years." Yang Dengfu introduces its own old house.
Qiang people. Yellow in the photo
54-year-old Yang Dengfu year is the 54th generation descendant of Yang, Yang Courtyard is now the owner. Every day, he and his wife to be busy with tour guide, explained, the reception of visitors in all directions, ranging from nearly a hundred people to more than one thousand. The Courtyard entrance Yang, Li County, the county government was put up a "protection houses," the brand.
Yang entered the Courtyard, stone house, showing years of vicissitudes. Yang Dengfu said Yang Courtyard is located in the center of Taopingqiangzhai, 6 floors like a tower overlooking the Quanzhai, "the roof of our house, and Qiang Qiang towers is best shooting panoramic point. "The Courtyard of the 72 doors Yang, the threshold level of different width in some places also have authority and traps, not Yang's leadership, few people come out smoothly. "Once such a 'maze' design, primarily for defense."
Yang generations to be proud of, "the source" is the right hand side of Yang Courtyard house, a stone in front of the hole - this is Taopingqiangzhai 98 people connected to each other drinking water network, while the Yang Family Courtyard This hole is the starting point of water. Spring water flowing down from the mountain, first through Yang to flow Quanzhai. Since the Village has been built Taopingqiangzhai, Yang has been head of the Quanzhai Courtyard's draft, water and irrigation water.
"Yang Courtyard area of 368 square meters, the following are all underground water storage network, you can access Quanzhai of every household, even the size of the water can be controlled." Yangdeng Fu told reporters that the door of the stone hole, where water is Yang generations, "poured into the bucket with a ladle scoop, and then Lindao home." Today, the exit of the hole from the water pipe has been chu, "or ground network using the water, but the water no longer pans, and water pipes to facilitate. "
Greater change, from 1996, and before that, Yang Dengfu and stockade villagers, followed habits passed down from generation to generation, sunrise and sunset, by the cultivation of pepper, apples, corn and other crops as students. An expert came to Taopingqiangzhai 1996 study, investigated the residential village for all people, and Yang as the "protection houses." Soon, tourists began Courtyard Yang figure. Yang Dengfu with tourists walk around in their own house, and they put gossip, there is the equivalent of several times the previous income. The stockade and other villagers have also started in accommodation, catering, sales and other local products and tourism-related industries.
Yangdeng Fu said after the Wenchuan earthquake was once underground network of water turbidity, the flow of water from the snow-capped mountains on the also affected, but Yang Courtyard addition to a wall on the third floor of the two thin cracks, and other parts of the basic intact. "Yang Courtyard full of stone and wood building. Weekday no guests, I see everywhere in the yard, because it is throughout the year to repair, so you can see is a constantly breathing, updated old houses. "
Now, in Taopingqiangzhai the foot of the new stockade, Yang Dengfu purchase more than 300 square meters of new houses are already completed. But for him, Yang Courtyard is still the focus of life, "This is something passed down from our ancestors, not only to protect my own good, and my grandson are the same children, to pass down from generation to generation."
Erma people bathed in fire dance "Chang Family"
"Erma people" is Taopingqiangzhai in bloom the earliest and largest of the "Chang Family" is one. Chen Shuo have an old boss of the Buick Regal sedan models a year, he used the car carrying his wife out to see the outside world, and think about how to make house music flavor to the Qiang.
"Come Look at what?" Chen Shuo wittily pointed corner of the timber yard, proudly told reporters: "I bought more than 200 cubic meters of wood, used for decoration of the new house."
Chen Shuo, a truck driver originally, the mid-90s of last century, he and his camp in a few households together, start a tourism business. "I had wanted to prosperity of the country, people have money, and certainly will play out." Shuo Chen said ahead and behind in their own home, repair the two half-floor, 1000 square meters, has 20 rooms for tourist accommodation.
"I'm here, sheets, are a daily basis, and there is no difference between standard hotel." Gradually, "Erma people" grow more and more, up to 50 people can arrange accommodation and dining to accommodate 200-300 tourists, tourism income can reach 60 million.
While Chen Shuo's life is getting sweet, the "5.12" Wenchuan earthquake struck, a part of his family home was damaged. However, I did not expect to Chen Shuo is, July 15, 2008, the provincial government and the State Administration of Cultural Heritage in time started "Taopingqiangzhai post-disaster rescue protection project", grants from the State Cultural Relics Bureau, a national heritage restoration Grade qualified Construction Group Co., Ltd. Beijing Dragon renovations. Earthquake that year, "Erma people" on the restoration of the business.
In the "Erma people", are hung with stars, celebrities and Chen Shuo's photo. This is not just a show, can also become opportunities, Chen Shuo said, "I am now ready to shoot the film actress Li Xiaolu here," Castle Kiss "when used to restore into the play room, new home, so that some married couples can experience. "
Shuo Chen is not only home, the village is also being discovered by a number of film crew, "Erma's Wedding," "Castle of the Kiss", "Longevity Town" ... ... "crew came, on the one hand to promote ancient village; other On the one hand, the crew of a hundred people need food and shelter, you can pull in ... ... "Chen Shuo said.
However, Chen Shuo, apart from the happy feel some regret, when their house repair an old Walled not take into account each room with a bathroom to be alone. However, there Shuo Chen Village in Taopingqiangzhai bought a new 528 square meters of the house, "I'm going to get more expensive renovation, the new stockade was to host low-grade travel team, people will not come."
New King Castle Taoping hospitality to the new Village
Taopingqiangzhai Management Division Zhou Chi, generations live in the old stockade. However, and other villagers to make a living just need to do a booming own different marketing Zhou Chi had to take into consideration the whole village is, in particular, the future operation of the project some of the old stockade to the new camp, the new and old stockade to seek common development .
This year's "May Day" mini vacation, Taopingqiangzhai to more than 4000 visitors, tourists had a good thing, yet leaving some anxious Chi Zhou: "The current carrying capacity of the old stockade can no longer meet the needs of visitors, many people at night no way to live down, to wait for the new village is fully functional, and can greatly alleviate the problem of inadequate reception capacity. "
Lens Focus Taopingqiangzhai people. Sichuan Daily News Photo by Heng Cheong Fai
Jianxin Village, promote tourism, the idea has long been a matter of fact. "5.12" Wenchuan earthquake before, Taopingqiangzhai the new district has been started, and has built more than 80 houses, one to be the earthquake, these houses are all damaged to varying degrees.
Party planning and design aided by the Hunan Village and the new planning of the new Village before the earthquake, apparently quite different. New stockade post-disaster planning can be anti-8 earthquake, by a group of 11 architecture composition, food, housing, tourism, merchandise sales area clear, Sharon also has a square, and visitors can engage in an interactive evening campfire. New stockade, also has a maze of channels, maintaining the same as the old walled mystery, housing amending the law, every one must create the orchard fruit trees. "Once the official opening of the new stockade, Taopingqiangzhai the meals, lodging, support functions will be gradually transferred to this." Zhou Chi said.
New how to repair the stockade there Qiang cultural style more? On this issue, the rationale for the county of Hunan county government has aided over-side fan discussion. Ultimately, both identified a solution: first setting up the steel framework of the housing to ensure that seismic needs, housing the main or the hermitages in local stone to make the perfect combination of modern and ancient.
Walled in the new design, introduced the concept of groups and the water network. "New Village in order to 'live' up and have to have water, old walled underground water network, the new camp to be diverted to the ground," said Zhou Chi, the old Walled roadway design, and every household connected to the castle-style architecture but also reservations: "New Village, a single great heritage houses, but in order to meet travel demand, but also to group structure, connected to each group in the household, but also a very open space and facilitate the tourist activities."
Taopingqiangzhai there are a total of 105 people lived, according to number of households, the new district has repaired 105 houses, each with from 249 to 520 多 m². How smoothly the operation of old and new transition between the stockade, and expand the tourism industry, a manager put in front of Taopingqiangzhai a big problem. "All of a sudden shift, apparently out of touch. We consider that people need to be invested, in a gradual shift in the two years ... ..." Zhou Chi said.
The end of 2010, Taopingqiangzhai Management Office on behalf of the villagers to specialized organizations for a week visit the ancient city of Lijiang. "The visit is to allow the villagers to experience the feeling of what future projects we are able to operate, it should be how to run, how to protect the potential of development." Zhou Wen villagers now to engage in the old stockade tourism product sales. Lijiang, a merchant told him that the store has made the brand a lot of people know before to travel, so do not need to solicit. If the owner was busy soliciting all day, but to give the guests a sense of distrust. "In the future we have to refer to the experience of others, to improve the quality of service, but tourists can not cause resentment." Zhou Wen said with deep feeling.
Currently, the development of a new stockade has been a preliminary planning - the proportion going to stay more than 60%, food 20%, other to build restaurants, bars, cafes and other facilities. In addition, Qiang also use the Internet publicity. "To form associations and some co-travel portal, and even build their own portal Taoping."
"The villagers are eager to engage in the cultural tourism industry and it gave Qiang enter the new starting point, we strive to May 2012, to achieve full open house District 105, then, can accommodate 4000 people at the same accommodation, transit visitors who reach 8000-10000 . "Zhou Chi confidently told reporters.
Source: Sichuan Daily
