Character interview

Interview: Cai chengyong: 

Cai chengyong , the executive county leaders of huangyuan government, was very happy when hearing we have got the silver rewards at the last internet museum meeting and asking if we have finished all the materials for this year. He encouraged us continue our job this year and have another rewards. The president Kui also takes this chance asking the building, planning and development about the old street.
Q: Mr. Cai, as our restoration work to the old street is already on, what is the main purpose of this restoring.
A: Our county enjoys long history and multiple people culture, especially its old street inside the city, the ancient building of which are all in Ming and Qing Dynasty. Nowadays owing to the fast economic development, the old street was damaged, and will disappear if no effective restoration. In the aim of protecting the ancient building and historic culture, we will let it join the Qinghai and Xining---Tibet tourism way to activating the local economy after restoration.
Q: After this fast finishing, which steps will be adopted for maintenances?
A: after finishing the restoration, we will adopt a whole set of protection measurements to start the protective job in the aim of building the Dangeer ancient city into the cultural city combining with folk, food, commercial, military and religious culture and unique building art and also the tourist destination joining with the food ,accommodations, leisure, sightseeing, commercial function, in aid with craved cultural corridor, beiji mountain park, anbulinka Tibet culture museum and sun and moon mountain, forming the line connecting the all directions and serving as the important tourist attraction at around lake tour and xining tour circle. We are going to use the income of the tour to maintain the old street.
Q: Since the old city project has been put into coming, are there any other points to attract the tourists?

A: According to original style of the ancient city, when finish the building of Dangeer, all the lighting facilities will be replaced by the shop sign. Furthermore, we will build around 1000 meters corridor at the entrance of the ancient city. The Dageer will become of the sleepless city and cultural pearl at the tourism way of the around Qinghai lake tour. Meanwhile, the Dangeer leather embo, the vinegar of huangyuan, and Tibet boot, knife and fur are all will be developed as the local characterized products.

Interviewing the Chao shiming:

He is the officer of huangyuan county building bureau, whom we met at the project site of the old street. He is very happy when knowing our purpose: I fully trust all our effort will make a bright tomorrow.” We want to take photo for him after interview, but he gently refused.
Q: the old city area has been restored in large scale , so what kind of principle will be adopted on the sustainable development?
A: the points is at reproduction of the relic in the old city, enlargement of the green zone, shaping the city style and characters, introducing the sightseeing industry, reusing the energy of the zoology and strictly regulating at the following the rules and laws in the limit of the environment.
Q: have you made the target for the old city planning?
A: the rebuilt old city is to form the characterized old city picture, which is very important for enhancing the huangyuan figure with the aim at: attracting the tour investment, encouraging city economy and development, enhancing the citizen’s life quality, building the cohesiveness of the citizen.
Q: what is the whole planning for the old street?
A: through the building of the old city, we are aiming to building a typical and representing the old street and sense of the buildings space, inheriting and perfecting the original frameworks, reinforcing the nuclear space main body function and spacious logics, and through the reshaping of the environment, leading the commercial shape and protecting the old street historic block looking and folk culture, we prolong the its history. By combining the protection and development, we satisfy the citizen demand of materialized culture. We are looking to replanning the old street into a place suitable for living and developed tourist tourism, and friendly neighborship, forming the creative economic product area and walking street combining the culture, leisure, food and commerce. We will make the non-material and material history relic prolong and using.
Q: what is the functions of the old street in the whole area?
A: the old street is the main place showing the huangyuan history development, which is also the important link among the chenghuang temple, guandi temple , wen temple etc. The both side building also have the value of protecting, also the carrier of the biggest market in ancient northwestern area, enjoying the high value of historic researching. It has the important effect to the developing the huangyuan area tourism.

Interviewing Tang wenying:

Tang wenying, the technician of building company in the old street, meets us and explain to us the way they work. He warm-heartedly introduces the restoration of the street, he also brings us to see some root and brick craving and paintings.
Q: Mr. Tang, can you explain why we did not backout all the houses when working?
A: according to our plan, we are trying our best to keep the original and replace the damaged material by the new one. The design is basically same as the previous. All the buildings are restored as the previous one. All the old style building are done according to the previous styles.
Q: we saw that the wen temple has already finished. What’s the difference between them?
A: ? Basically, it is done according to the old photos. It is a pity that the designer is absent these days, or you can have a look. The brick in front of wen temple is newly attached.

Interview with the citizen:

When we are in old street, we met some old man living there. One of them, Mr. Wang, talked to us the their feeling. He said he will follow the updates everyday and very happy for its near finishing. It always recall him his childhood.
Q: what is the steps for the citizen living here like you?
A: this year the government come out the policy for the citizen involved in restoration of the old street. Those who are willing to move, the government will assess the house and pay for it; those who don’t want to move will get the refund to restore. They are all happy because nobody don’t want to improve their house.
Q: what is the difference from the original?
A: Now it is nearly finished. The styles remain no change, but more decent and beautiful than before, now the infrastructure is better and more convenient.

 
Director:FU mingxiang Edittor:WU zhanwen