2065 438+05. 3. 2 The American Crown Prince took a fancy to the old hutong. Twenty-five years after the death of Ling Shuhua, a strange girl, Fu Ling Mansion, No.24 Courtyard of Shi Jia Hutong, which once gathered celebrities and literati of the Republic of China, was once again prosperous because of a guest's visit. Only this time, it was a foreigner-Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, USA, and old Fu Ling had already changed into its horizontal plaque-Shi Jia Hutong Museum.
At the end of 20 13, Chaoyangmen Street Community in Dongcheng District cooperated with Prince Charles Charity Foundation of the United States to complete the restoration project and exhibition hall layout of Fu Ling quadrangle. Shi Jia Hutong Museum, the only Hutong Museum in China, opened. So Prince William visited China, and this Hutong Museum became his first stop. Prince William is not the only foreign celebrity who cares about the Historian Hutong Museum. Around him, Thai leaders and the European royal family were once guests here. China officials have also become frequent visitors here, and Beijing Mayor Guo Jinlong has visited here three times.
Walking into this museum with two courtyards, redecorating a new, spacious and tidy courtyard will bring Sibly and his party into the rich atmosphere of old Beijing culture. Stepping into the exhibition hall, you are greeted with a quadrilateral art painting with line drawing. Prince William stayed for a long time and was full of praise. This painting was made by Zheng Xicheng, a famous hutong artist. This painting is about an old house in Fu Ling. In works of art, Fu Ling's courtyards are gradual. In the last back garden, a group of children gathered around a jujube tree and shouted jujubes happily. Needless to say, there must be a young Ling Shuhua among the dating children.
The gate of Fu Ling used to be in Ganmian Hutong, with a garden behind it. As a talented woman of the Republic of China who is as famous as Deng, Xu Guangping, Bing Xin's poetry anthology and Lin, Ling Shuhua has a beautiful and elegant little study here. Ling's "Miss's Small Study Room" has become a salon activity for intellectuals in Kyoto, and its popularity even exceeds Lin's "Madam's Living Room". After Ling Shuhua got married, his father Ling Fupeng gave part of Fu Ling Garden to Ling Shuhua as a dowry and opened the door in Shi Jia Hutong.
After the founding of New China, Ling Shuhua has gone to the United States, and the old house was once turned into Shi Jia Hutong Kindergarten. In the past 50 years, thousands of children have left their childhood songs, laughter and beautiful memories here, just like the young ladies who played dates. Until now, you can still find the footprints of kindergarten murals on the east wall of the courtyard.
From "glory" to "inheritance", from Miss Ling's daughter's courtyard to Hutong Museum, Shi Jia Hutong No.24 has completed her most colorful changes. The most loyal guardian of the museum is the manager Liu Pingtai.
For two years, Mrs. Ping Liu has been diligently guarding this museum full of Beijing flavor. From collecting old bricks and tiles in hutongs to accurately measuring data and information on the spot, Ping Liu Taihe and his companions are meticulous about every key point. Even the grass and trees in the yard are landscaped according to Ling Shuhua's hobbies and old photos.
Today's museum has eight exhibition halls and an additional multifunctional meeting room. From the seal of the owner Ling Shuhua to the handwriting of a celebrity in Hutong; From Beijing's time-honored food stamps, bicycles and other antiques to propaganda in various fields; From the wonderful stills of the People's Art Theater to various lectures on related operas, Pingju, Quyi Troupe, Crosstalk Sketches, Calligraphy Art and Fine Arts Painting ... This is a museum with a strong cultural and artistic atmosphere in Hutong, in other words, an old-fashioned museum in Beijing. In Liu Pingtai's eyes, this quadrangle, which covers an area of 1000 square meters, is filled with the past lives of old Beijing culture and the persistence of hutong culture and art.
Not long after opening, there was an old lady in her 90s who was an old professor in Tsinghua. After her visit, Liu Pingtai took out the guest book and wanted her to write something. The old woman said, "Don't write, I'll also send you two words-splendor."
Culture, art, obsession, can not be lost. Liu Pingtai is undoubtedly a loyal inheritor. Fortunately, he is not alone. He is not a lone ranger running around to inherit the culture and art of Beijing Hutong.
As the old neighborhood of No.24 Courtyard, Lan, an 84-year-old well-known hutong writer, basically comes once a day, sometimes even twice, to record and sort out Liu Pingtai's short stories. Lan Lao expects to make a musical of what happened in the Hutong Museum according to his own wonderful pen, and tell the short story to everyone who loves Hutong culture, so that Hutong culture and art can be carried forward.
Lan Lao once said: Now that daily life is good, the Forbidden City in Beijing is getting higher and higher. We can't lose Beijing's culture, art and obsession. Now the elderly have no pressure in their daily lives and want to make some contributions to the community. I also want to tell you about this kind of thing in Beijing Hutong. Now, Lan Lao, who retired long ago, has learned to be the president of Blue Sky and Baiyun Drama Club. As the head of Chaoyangmen drama club, he is a director, a film director, and an audience seated. He is busy and enjoys promoting Hutong culture and art.
Shi Jia Hutong also has a strong cultural and creative atmosphere, not only from Shi Jia Hutong primary and secondary schools, but also from the old and new artists who have settled in the Hutong People's Theater Dormitory, which has enhanced the thickness of culture and art for this ordinary Hutong.