Return to Old Town ｜ This "Henan" old district is now star -studded: every time I set off, it is to return to

Text/Yangcheng Evening News all -media reporter Shi Peilin Picture/Interviewee provided

B & B designer, cross -border creators, curator ... Li Weibin, a "post -70s" with multiple identities, is a native of Guangzhou. From the earliest hidden living grocery store hidden in Guangzhou's residential building, to Ben Shop, to GOELIA 225, which was transformed from the old cyclone building of Beijing Road, and then to the folk design library in Haizhu District, these spaces that Li Weibin had tested It is located in the old city of Guangzhou without exception. With a modern and nostalgic atmosphere, it has become the popular punch in Guangzhou literary youth.

Li Weibin poured his feelings for the old city in the design

Today, his design studio is located in the dormitory courtyard of the Pearl River Film Studio, next to the "Zhuying Starlight City". The Guangzhou Tower is seen. He returned to the origin and set off again.

Childhood memories of Zhuying Courtyard

For old Guangzhou, the Pearl River Film Studio, which was established in 1956 and has been unique in the Chinese film industry, was a named name. From the "72 Tennis" in the 1960s and 1970s to the "Overseas Chizi", "Yamaha Fish File" and "Sun Yat -sen" in the early days of reform and opening up, all swept the river north and south.

For Li Weibin, who grew up in the "Pearl Shadow" Courtyard, childhood was lively and happy: "Remember when you were a kid, the lamps of the households in the Pearl Shadow Courtyard were made of lampshades made of movie films; For open -air movies, in the evening, as long as the movie recording of the "72 Tennis", everyone hurried to watch the movie "domineering '. Take the position of the family ... "

Li Weibin (the teenager in the lower right corner) was filming at the "Pearl Shadow" "Sanjia Lane"

The "Pearl Shadow" gate of that year

Here, Li Weibin followed the father of the director of the "Pearl Shadow" stunt workshop that year, and touched the aircraft, architectural models, and various props in the stunt workshop. "My childhood life has left a profound mark on me." Since graduating from the Chinese Department, Li Weibin has devoted himself to the advertising industry, from advertising creative director to cross -border designers. It is inseparable from vision and images, as if the context of life has been buried secretly when childhood. A few years ago, he re -opened the studio in the "Pearl Shadow" courtyard. On the wall was a poster that had been collected for many years, the old windows, and the breath of the 1970s and 1980s: "Return to return to the back of the 1970s and 1980s:" Return back to return to In the familiar environment, sometimes there is an illusion, and it still feels in those old days. "

Li Weibin returned to "Zhuying" to create a design studio

The old "Henan" old district turned gorgeously

Today's "Pearl Shadow" area is the famous commercial place in Haizhu District, Guangzhou. Nine years ago, the Pearl Film Starlight City was unveiled gorgeously on the land of the original Zhuying Factory, and turned into a city leisure and entertainment consumer center with a unique Lingnan style. There is a legend of light and shadow in the bustling city, which is engraved with the memories of the times. Walking at night, the cultural elements of the film are still everywhere. Those cameras and old films are like passing through time and space. A dialogue with the past, the barbar of the Guangzhou Tower and nearby restaurants in the distance constitute the gorgeous night view of Yangcheng.

The Pearl Film Star Light City is now becoming a commercial place

"I did not expect that the old district of 'Zhuying' will glow such a vigorous business vitality." Li Weibin recalled, "Thinking that year, it belongs to the remote corner of Haizhu District. ', Now here is not only full of popularity, but also convenient transportation. It is only a 20 -minute drive from the Pearl River New City ... "In his childhood, the open space of the exposure movie with his friends in his childhood also became the brightness of the Pearl Shadow Starlight City under the night. Some, sometimes after passing, he will slow down and reflect on the changes in the past and the past.

It can regain children's memories and enjoy the convenience of the city. This is the reason for Li Weibin to return to the "Zhuying" Courtyard after more than 20 years. In the distance, Zhuying Courtyard and Guangzhou Old Town are still my constant concern. This relaxed and life -like place can give me unlimited comfort. Every time I set off, I am to return. "

"Yangcheng Evening News" August 18, 2022 Report A15

Source | Yangcheng Evening News • Yangcheng School

Planning | Sun Aiqun Liu Yun

Coordinating | Liu Yun Shi Peilin Li Chunwei

Editor -in -law | Wang Min

School Division | Li Hongyu

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