Tranquility and ease are the first impressions people get from the photos at first glance.
Although the quaint alleys are old, it is precisely because of this that they show the calmness after years of weather. Reflecting the afterglow of the setting sun, it is very yearning. And the old Yanjing people living in the alleys are equally comfortable and leisurely. Regardless of men, women, young or old, they all appear in the city with a relaxation and laziness that is rarely seen.
And these are just simple appetizers, and the final video is the most amazing thing.
It should be a kind of shadow puppetry, but just looking at the painted colors of the shadow puppetry and listening to the intermittent singing, it is not the common Shaanxi shadow puppetry, or the southern Hebei shadow puppetry, but reveals an indescribable Beijing flavor.
"This...should be a shadow puppet show, right? It sounds a bit similar to the Beijing Western School, but the way of reading words is very unique, which is very different from the Beijing Western School. It seems that I have never seen it before." Netizens who are familiar with shadow puppetry, After listening to it repeatedly, I still feel puzzled.
But in the second half of the video, the appearance of the shadow puppet after it moved and the lively scene described in the commentary made them feel an indescribable loss while being amazed.
There is a record in Wu Zimu's "Menglianglu·Hundreds of Operas": "There was a shadow player who carved arrowheads with plain paper at the beginning of Yuanbian and Beijing. Later generations skillfully carved them with sheepskin and used them for colorful decoration..."
And these shadow puppets brought by Yun Zheng can be said to show the climax of this passage vividly.
Delicate dan roles, handsome xiaosheng, stooped old dan roles, and tall clean horns. And the most wonderful thing is the expressions of these shadow puppets. It can be so realistic.
It's clearly just a flat version of a marionette, but it can also look forward and look graceful, tactful and graceful.
The only pity is that the video stopped abruptly here. There is no segmented repertoire to feast everyone's eyes. And in the blank space at the back, an old Yanjing person, in an extremely heavy tone, narrated that period of history that was very regrettable and extremely sad to them.
The shadow puppetry of the Eastern School of Beijing, a traditional folk art that was once popular in Yanjing, but was gradually lost with the passage of time. If it weren't for the shadow puppets handed down from the ancestors and the intermittent special singing voice as proof, even the best historians might not be able to find traces of their existence.
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Many people fell silent after watching this video. It took a long time before someone sighed and felt a pity.
"It would be great if I could find out sooner. When I first saw the photos, I thought it was an ordinary old Yanjing Hutong. But after watching the video and hearing the story, all that is left is discomfort and regret."
"Why can't this ancient skill be preserved? Is it because people are too flamboyant and can't concentrate on research, or is it because society doesn't pay enough attention and protection that this exquisite folk skill is getting closer and closer to us? Far."
"The last generation of inheritors is making the last effort to protect the wealth left by their ancestors. Such people are worthy of respect and attention. I hope they can revive the shadow puppetry skills of the Eastern School of Beijing one day."
As the number of reposts and followers of the video increased, more and more people learned about the story of this village in the suburbs of Beijing.
When some people heard that this village was the Nailhu village that Yanjing refused to move a few years ago during the rectification and reform, they showed a very surprised expression.
"My mother, I really admire it. I am from Yanjing. If the village of the Shadow Puppetry School in the capital is demolished, it should be conservative. Every family must be demolished at least tens of millions. That is still in the past. If it is demolished At present, it is estimated that it will only be higher. This is unmoved, which shows that it is not a show, but a true character."
At least ten million!
Many people were shocked by this high amount. As a result, all of a sudden, everyone's evaluation of the people from the East School of Shadow Puppetry in the capital became even higher.
Soon, the World Heritage Application Association also extended a helping hand, saying that it could help the Jingcheng Dongpai shadow puppets apply for national intangible cultural heritage protection. Even several inheritors of the Western School of Shadow Puppetry in Beijing expressed their willingness to work together with them to recover this ancient skill that has almost been cut off from inheritance.
As the initiator, Yun Zheng also tried his best. However, in just ten days, Yunzheng actually ordered someone to collect the history of this village, and also took the initiative to report the courtyard house of the village chief's family that met the protection standards of material cultural heritage to help them apply for national material cultural heritage protection.
But Yunzheng's practice, which was well received by the public opinion, was good news for Wang Yangming. But Wang Yangming's eldest brother was very puzzled by his capriciousness.
"What do you think? Yun Zheng and the Gu family are making a big splash, shouldn't you be worried?"
But Wang Yangming said excitedly: "No! It's a good thing for us that they are in the limelight. In my opinion, Yun Zheng is a fool. Now that he is in a hurry, he will lose money in the future. It doesn't matter at all Count. That shadow puppet of the Eastern School of Beijing is a bottomless pit, and Gu Yan danced with him, so he has to fold in it in the future!"
In Wang Yangming's eyes, Yun Zheng's actions this time can be said to be extremely stupid. He raised the voice of the Dongpai shadow puppets so high that almost all walks of life in the country are now paying attention to this skill and looking for restoration. On the surface, it seemed that he was in the limelight, but in fact, for his original intention of developing that piece of land, the effect was completely opposite.
After all, Yun Zheng couldn't beat himself up. I just helped someone to apply for the world heritage here, and turned around and demolished their home that has been stationed for a hundred years. Even the last successors of the Dongpai shadow puppets are willing. But it's still good to say and bad to spread.
Moreover, even if Yunzheng really overcomes these public opinion problems and successfully builds that piece of land, it will be useless. An improper alley, with tall buildings on the left and right sides. The rest of the land was as small as a block of tofu. It was too little to build one office building, and it was too crowded to build two. In addition, Yunzheng had helped the middle of the village before, and the courtyard house where the village head lived had applied for material heritage protection. If it can't be moved there, basically there is no reasonable construction plan.
As for turning it into a place similar to an ancient town and developing tourism, it is even more impossible. With such a small place, I'm afraid they can't even guarantee accommodation, let alone entertain tourists.
The point is that the houses here, except for the courtyard house, were all built after the Republic of China at the latest. Although the architectural style has a bit of ancient charm, it is completely different from the previous ones. It is not a characteristic building, and it is difficult to arouse people's curiosity.
Therefore, in Wang Yangming's eyes, Yun Zheng's much-talked-about methods are exactly his most stupid.
Wang Yangming has even started to calculate for Yunzheng how much Yunzheng will pay in the end.
And Wang Yangming's eldest brother, after listening to his analysis, couldn't help but sneered and said: "From this point of view, the Gu family's loss this time may be settled. After all, when we negotiated, we said to help pay for it." Yes, it's not the Gu family."
"No, we don't need to do anything, just wait and see the expressions of Gu's family members in the future. Although we didn't succeed in catching Yun Zheng's mistake this time, it might be worth it if they bleed a little," Wang Yangming said. , The depression in my heart before finally eased a little. He also believed that Yun Zheng and Gu Yan would definitely learn the lesson they deserved this time.
But in the following time, what Yun Zheng did made Wang Yangming confused again. Because he found that this time, he still didn't understand what Yun Zheng wanted to do.
Contrary to what everyone imagined, after the previous video was sent out, Yun Zheng's follow-up promotion unexpectedly stopped temporarily. Except for the official book on the side of the World Heritage Application Association who kept up with the progress of the world heritage application from time to time, all the publicity on Yun Zheng's side had come to an abrupt end.
The most incomprehensible thing for everyone is that after Yun Zheng suspended the publicity of the shadow puppets of the Eastern School in Beijing, he didn't just sit idle like that. He actually found more than a dozen historians with deep research on the history of the Republic of China, formed a research team, and began to ponder the old Yanjing in the Republic of China.
So, what exactly is this going to do? Didn't you agree to restore the shadow puppets of the Eastern School in Beijing? What's the use of studying old Yanjing? Many people don't understand. But what surprised them even more was that Yun Zheng seemed to be interested in studying it. Even the recent update of the meager and large food has become the special food of Old Yanjing. Although it looked mouth-watering, it was really hard to figure out what Yunzheng was going to do.
"Isn't it going to open some restaurant with the characteristics of old Yanjing!" someone jokingly left a message.
But more people behind echoed, "Maybe. But Yun Xiaozheng is a food blogger, and if he really opens a restaurant, it will be worthy of the name."
"Hahaha, isn't that right, the current Yun Xiaozheng is a little too unreliable. He has a lot of stalls, all types, but there is no catering business."
But after all, he is used to Yun Zheng's unreasonable style of playing cards, so even in the face of Yun Zheng's slightly weird actions, Yun Zheng's fans all accept it well, and they all secretly waited for it. Let's see what Yunzheng will do in the end.
But this time, the time Yun Zheng asked them to wait was not too long. But after just half a month, he revealed his plan completely. At the same time, the concept map of the engineering transformation of the land of Yanjing Shadow Puppetry East School was also released to the public.
However, everyone was completely shocked the moment they saw the blueprint. At the same time, he sighed, such a project, probably only Yun Zheng could have thought of it, and dared to do it!