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"I am very familiar with this hutong. Today I just want to see the old neighborhood and listen to your thoughts on the transformation of the old city."
The old neighborhoods in Yuer Hutong, Dongcheng District, Beijing, have never forgotten that exciting day — — On February 25, 2014, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader inspected the renovation of the old city in Beijing and walked into the complex where they had lived for decades.
The general secretary walked along the winding narrow passage, and successively walked into the courtyard of No.29 and No.30 Yuer Hutong, and visited the homes of four households, including Zhuangbao, to be caring and attentive.
"The general secretary came at noon that day, just like relatives visiting, without any shelf, especially cordial." Recalling the scene of the general secretary and his family pulling home, Zhuang Bao, an old neighbor in his 60 s, is still excited. "I talked with the general secretary about chopping wood and burning briquettes when I was a child, and I received water in the water tank of the compound in winter. The general secretary said that he feels the same way. "
The general secretary walked out of the door of Zhuang Bao’s house, and Li Shulan, an old resident of No.30 Hospital, picked up the camera and took some photos for the general secretary and the neighbors. "The general secretary asked me where to change the gas in your home. I thought at that time that the general secretary even cared about such a small thing."
"When visiting four households, the general secretary was concerned about asking them how their work was, how much they earned, what to cook and burn, how to keep warm, how far it was to go to the toilet, and what they wanted to improve their living environment." The general secretary made an investigation in Yuer Hutong, accompanied by Li Na, then secretary of the Party Committee of Fuxiang Community and director of the neighborhood committee. "The general secretary told the old neighborhoods that the purpose of our visit is to improve your living environment."
Pushing open the scarlet door of No.30 Yard of Yuer Hutong, Zhuang Bao and Li Shulan almost didn’t recognize the yard where they had lived for most of their lives — —
The private building disappeared, and the courtyard returned to traditional regulation, which was particularly bright; The three rows of old bungalows in the south, north and south are completely new, reappearing the quaint style of blue bricks and gray tiles; The eight houses vacated by residents have been transformed into community public spaces such as "Huaixiang Living Room", "Warm Pavilion for Consultation and Business" and "Wenxin Library".
"Brother Zhuang Bao and Sister Shu Lan are back!" Jihong, Changling Li and other old neighborhoods were overjoyed, and they quickly welcomed the two old neighborhoods into the "Huaixiang Living Room". Plates of steaming jiaozi served on the dining table, and the thick jiaozi fragrance, accompanied by laughter, spread out in the courtyard.
"How the old neighborhoods are doing is always the concern of the Supreme Leader General Secretary." Zhuang Bao said, "If I can see the general secretary again, what I want to tell the general secretary most is that the party and the government insist on taking the hearts of the people as the heart, and the transformation of the old city has accelerated. More and more hutongs have returned to the old taste, and more and more old streets have lived a new life!"
Draw a happy picture of a dream and a peaceful life.
"I was the first person in the 30th Hospital to move out. Of course, I can’t bear to move away, but everyone wants to live a good life, right? " Li Shulan said, "In our two bungalows, there is always no sunshine in the house, and it leaks when it rains."
Yuer Hutong, with a total length of 343 meters, is a complex area in old Beijing, with a large population density, a small per capita living area and imperfect living facilities. No.30 courtyard is a public housing courtyard with a total area of 300 square meters, which was once crowded with 14 households. Zhuang Bao said: "I have lived in this hospital for 60 years, tasted the ups and downs, and always had a dream — — Move to the building. "
People’s expectations, political aspirations. During his inspection tour in Beijing in February 2014, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader made important instructions on the protection of historical features, the protection of the old city and the improvement of people’s livelihood. In February 2019, when the General Secretary visited the grassroots cadres and masses in Beijing, he emphasized that the CPC Central Committee is very concerned about the transformation of the old city and shanty towns, that is, to make everyone live more comfortably and live a better life, to solve practical problems that everyone cares about, and to let everyone live in an alley and live a modern life.
It is necessary not only to improve the living environment, but also to protect the historical and cultural heritage. One old city reconstruction operation has been carried out in Beijing and throughout the country.
In 2015, Dongcheng District began to implement pilot renovation projects in four hutongs, including Yuer Hutong in Nanluoguxiang area. "In this pilot project, Dongcheng District Innovation ‘ Application-based retirement ’ And ‘ Application improvement ’ Mode, residents can choose to move out to live in a modern residential building, or they can choose to stay. ‘ Go to ’ And ‘ Stay ’ It is up to the residents themselves. " Zhang Lili, deputy director of Jiaodaokou Sub-district Office in Dongcheng District, said that the application rate for vacating Yuer Hutong reached nearly 60%.
As the first migrant resident, Li Shulan chose June 6, 2016 as the date and moved into Chengjinyuan Community on the edge of Orson Park. A year later, Zhuang Bao’s family also moved here. The north and south of the two-bedroom apartment are transparent, and the sun shines all over the bedroom, and it also shines into Li Shulan’s heart: "Now life is full of sunshine!"
A happy picture of "a dream of living in peace" is being grandly spread across the country: in 2019 and 2020, the old houses of about 10.43 million urban residents will have a new look, and the transformation of old urban communities in the future will involve hundreds of millions of residents. During the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, about 50 million residents in China moved from shanty towns into spacious and bright resettlement houses.
Will meet the wishes of residents throughout, and care about home.
"This renovation will bring many inconveniences to bungalow life — — Cooking, bathing, going to the toilet, lighting, drying, etc. have all been solved, and I am very comfortable when I care about it! " The 70-year-old Chongbaocai family is one of the two families still retained in No.30 Hospital. The old man specially showed us the kitchen and bathroom. "Come out of the room and walk a few steps."
During his inspection tour in Beijing in February 2014, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader stressed that the transformation of the old city has to respond to different wishes and requirements, and the workload is very heavy. Relevant departments should do their work in depth and detail, and everyone should understand and support more and help the government to do practical things for the masses well.
"In the renovation and renovation of four hutongs in Nanluoguxiang, Dongcheng District has studied and formulated an application-based improvement implementation plan for residents who choose to stay, and leased the vacated houses to the retained residents at the price of public rental housing to solve the kitchen and bathroom needs and moderately improve their living conditions." Chen Xiansen, deputy head of Dongcheng District, said.
The Chongbaocai family of three applied for renting the No.12 public house in the hospital, and the per capita living area increased by nearly 50%. Let the elderly relish, as well as street community cadres, design and construction personnel to communicate again and again, so that the design scheme and repair details fully reflect their wishes.
"The original design changed the room door into a wooden door, but I am worried that the wooden door will not be closed in summer and will not be closed tightly in winter." Chong Baocai recalled, "So the designer changed it into a double-decker door, the inner door was made of broken aluminum, and the outer door was made of wooden frame, which not only ensured the tightness of the doors and windows, but also protected the traditional style."
"We insist on ‘ One hospital, one scheme, one household, one design ’ Actively respond to the different demands of residents. " Zhang Lili said that residents’ participation runs through all aspects, such as policy formulation, planning and design, repair and construction, management and maintenance, and completing public services. She still remembers that when the policy was first formulated, the construction area of the kitchen and bathroom module was 6 square meters. After visiting the model room, residents generally felt that it was too small, and finally it was adjusted to 8 square meters.
The transformation of the old city is related to the vital interests of thousands of families. The Guiding Opinions on Comprehensively Promoting the Renovation of Old Urban Residential Areas issued by the General Office of the State Council clearly requires that various forms of grass-roots consultations should be carried out by online and offline means such as "internet plus’s co-construction, co-governance and sharing" to actively understand residents’ demands and promote residents’ consensus. The policy is more intimate, the transformation is warmer, and the millions of people in Qian Qian live more comfortably.
Carry out protective repair and restorative construction with embroidery.
In No.14 Yard of Yuer Hutong, an old couplet is engraved on the Zhuhong Gate — — "Loving Lu Suihou’s virtue and righteousness is profound", and the eight characters are still vicissitudes. Blue sky and white clouds set off blue bricks and gray tiles, and the old hutong is full of charm. "Every time I meet a tourist, I look at the old door couplet on the gate and look at the courtyard curiously under the door. I am particularly proud." Ji Hong, an old resident, always enthusiastically explains the meaning of door couplet to tourists.
Jingcheng Company is responsible for the repair and renovation of Yuer Hutong. Wang Yongjiu, deputy general manager of the company, said: "We strictly implement the requirement that the old city can no longer be demolished, so as to ‘ Progressive improvement ’ As a path, we will carry out protective repair and restorative construction with embroidery. "
Embroidery, planning first. "Eight well-known architect teams were invited to set up the Yuer Hutong design work camp." Zheng Tian, the head of Beijing Architectural Design Institute in Yuer Hutong, said, "Focusing on the basic unit of courtyard, the designer thoroughly studied and verified the evolution process of each courtyard in different years since the Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty, and protected the texture and courtyard pattern of hutong."
Construction is also full of embroidery, carefully polishing every yard and house. In the renovation of No.25 Yuer Hutong, the two piers at the entrance were kept as they are, and in order to avoid collision and rubbing during construction, protective plates were specially made to cover them.
In order to ensure that the original technology, raw materials and practices are not out of shape, Jingcheng Company specially invited five on-site supervisors from retired housing management masters, and Xu Guangli was one of them. Many construction workers have learned from Master Xu’s "trueness".
There is one missing brass cymbal on the gate of No.25 courtyard, and it needs to be equipped with one. "It must be hexagonal. If there is no suitable one, I would rather not change it!" Xu Guangli has a firm attitude. From the building materials market to the antique city, the construction team leader ran one trip after another.
To retain the old neighborhood and the lifestyle of the old city, and to realize the improvement of people’s livelihood and the revival of vitality in historical and cultural blocks, it is even more necessary to work hard on embroidery.
Throughout the country, from strengthening historical and cultural protection, shaping urban features, to strengthening the transformation of old urban communities and community construction, a series of diversified explorations are being promoted — — The Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee adopted "the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China’s Proposal on Formulating the 14th Five-year Plan for National Economic and Social Development and the Long-term Target for the Year 2035", which made arrangements for the implementation of urban renewal, and strived to make the city "rich and comprehensive" and the people live and work in peace and contentment.
(People’s Daily reporter Yan Weiliang He Yong)
