They tried to put their fingers into the holes to find out the truth, but they were afraid of being “bitten” by the dark holes.
At this moment, we are ready to pick up the brush in our hands, and use the simplest red, green, and blue colors as well as square, circle, and triangle, the most basic composition elements, to try to record our feelings at this moment.
Everyone could not help admiring: “So these holes were cut out to install security doors!” Under the guidance of teacher Ling Yun, we were divided into two groups.
In Shenzhen, Dongguan and Hong Kong, the local people will still turn those tower buildings that prevent man-made and natural disasters into “gun towers”.
It was only mentioned and used by a few people in Jiangmen Wuyi area until the Republic of China.
Therefore, there is no right or wrong to call this kind of tower building “blockhouse” or “fort”; However, from the perspective of cultural diversity and the characteristics of emphasizing the dynamic evolution of local culture, we undoubtedly respect the regional cultural diversity for Shenzhen’s “fort”.
02 An interesting and ancient security door in Hakka · Paolou Hakka dwellings – Tianlongmen.
Next, let’s take a look at the excellent performance of these young local culture communication officers at the workshop! The GBALife impression · Shangwei 2022.08.24 SHENZHENHONGKONGMACAO found the urban treasure of Dawan District! 01 Shenzhen Hakka Diaolou VS Blockhouse? Stupid and indistinguishable, Lingyun is explaining the basic components of traditional Chinese architecture to our partners! In the afternoon, Lingyun, the teacher, continued to lead the partners to know the cultural building zoning and typical buildings with characteristics in Shenzhen — the Hakka Fortress and Bao’an Gun House in Shenzhen.
When we close our eyes that are interfered by the chaos of vision and open other senses to reconnect with the old house and history, each of us seems to enter into another new and unknown world.
Lingyun said that the holes in the door frames were actually a kind of security door structure used by ancient people – the “Tianlong Door”, which is very common in traditional buildings in Lingnan.
Zhang Yibing, an expert of local culture scholars in Shenzhen, has made a very detailed textual research on this title, and mentioned that the popular title of “blockhouse” comes mainly from the Han people’s call of “blockhouse” for the tower style defense buildings of ethnic minorities, which was probably no later than the Tang Dynasty; Although the name “Diaolou” came into being early and meteor shower occurred in Sichuan and the surrounding ethnic minority areas, it was not popular in the vast Han nationality areas for a long period of time.
This kind of door can not only facilitate ventilation of old buildings, but also ensure the safety of homeowners.
Every step was not missed, and even every hole in the door was measured by our own method.
We cooperated with Hakka culture experts and Hakka culture inheritors to bring special “customized” workshops to everyone, attracting the participation of local and Shenzhen Hong Kong teenagers.
Even in the sultry summer night, you don’t have to worry about bandits or beasts entering the house at night when you sleep with the door open.
Then he took all his friends to the Gun House Courtyard in Nanyi Lane, the backyard of the Contemporary Art Museum in Shangwei Art Village, to explain the defense structures of the so-called “Gun House” in real scenes, which made everyone want to stretch their necks and climb up to have a look.
However, according to historical research and field investigation, Mr.
So, what’s the difference between Shenzhen Hakka Wai, Fujian Tulou and Jiangxi Tuweizi? What is the difference between Shenzhen Bao’an type fort house and Kaiping fort house and Qiang fort house? In fact, because “Kaiping Diaolou” has successfully applied for the World Cultural Heritage, the public will continue to use the influential name “Diaolou” to describe such tower style defensive buildings.
Some are excited, some are afraid, and some are calm.
The partners of each group worked together to have a close contact with the old building through body measurement.
No longer worried about the limitations of art techniques, but simply let consciousness and thought flow on paper.
03 Shangwai · Youth said to see each other from self! Each building has its own unique DNA, just like the same but different us.
When they came to the gate of the old house, the partners’ eyes were attracted by many holes hidden in the doorframe.
What I wrote above: In 2021, we will hold an activity of small cultural propagandists in Pingshan, explore the enclosure with local young people, create a community drama about the migration of Hakka people, develop a team of small propagandists who are eager to spread local culture, and expand the inheritance strength of local Hakka culture.
In 2022, we came to Longhua Shangwei Art Village, which also has rich Hakka cultural resources.
Those seemingly dusty years begin to jump up at our fingertips, just like an adventure, which is expected! Each of us has a different experience of this adventure.
After learning the basic knowledge of Chinese traditional architectural culture, Lingyun shared a series of processes in the organization of research and repair of Shangwei Nanyi Lane Paolou Courtyard in 2017, so that everyone can see how the old house was transformed step by step in the story and became the current art exhibition hall.
At this moment, we seem to have started to connect with our own hearts, and have a new dialogue with the old house, so that each of us can see ourselves, partners, buildings, plants, and all the best..