Kat Hing Street

Kat Hing Street

Jiqing street is located between Dazhi road and Jianghan Road, Jiangan District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province. It is adjacent to laotongcheng restaurant, the time-honored "Doupi king" in Hankou. It starts from Dazhi road in the East and ends at Jianghan Road in the West.

Jiqing street night market stall is more than ten meters wide. The road surface is uneven. It is cold and quiet in the daytime. At night, its charm comes out. Flower sellers, singers, violinists, diners, and servicers Hundreds of seats were crowded and bustling. After midnight, the whole atmosphere reached its climax.

In March 2009, the renovation of Jiqing Street began. After the renovation, the street was opened on November 23, 2011 and put into trial operation on December 28, 2011.

background

In 30 years, just 170 meters, Jiqing street has created a legend of Wuhan folk customs with gears and folk artists. Through the artistic processing of writers and the word of mouth of tourists, Jiqing street once became a symbol of Wuhan folk culture.

However, like many places with the characteristics of Wuhan citizens, the primitive, noisy and messy of Jiqing street is in contradiction with the development of modern metropolis. The construction of river crossing tunnel blocks the traffic of Jiqing street. How to keep the cultural brand of Jiqing street and make it have the characteristics of a new era?

Jiang'an District government's approach is: to rebuild in another place, and redesign and plan the architectural form and commercial layout of Jiqing Street according to the requirements of modern commerce and culture, and call it "Jiqing folk Street". In fact, the new Jiqing street has nothing to do with the old Jiqing street. It is not just a night market for stalls, which is used to sleep and listen to music.

character

Qi zhuihang

When it comes to Jiqing street, I have to mention one person. His name is Qi zhuihang. He is a Wuhan musician, director of film and television and large-scale activities. He is the person who has made the most contribution to the culture of Jiqing street. He has done five key things for the inheritance and development of Jiqing street culture.

First, he has created and published a large number of film and television music works for the artists of Jiqing street. The CD album of Jiqing Street wanderer tribe and the MV collection of Jiqing Street narcissism are both by his hands. With the alternation of the old and new artists of Jiqing street, most of these works have become top singers, but they are precious. Second, he has made two documentaries "four heavenly kings of Jiqing Street" and "three rivers and lakes of Jiqing Street" for the creation of Jiqing street It records in detail the 20-year development of Jiqing street, leaving valuable historical data for Jiqing street; the third is to plan and implement the job hopping event of Jiqing street artists, creating a series of sensational news for Jiqing street and grass-roots artists in Jiqing street; the fourth is to plan and launch the nationwide audition activity of "new four heavenly kings" in Jiqing street, providing a reference for folk art in Jiqing street The exhibition of people and folk art provides an unprecedented stage. Fifthly, he was the first to propose a new motion to rebuild Jiqing street, which is exactly the same as his original motion.

Qi zhuihang describes the artists and art of Jiqing street. He often says: wild fire is endless, spring breeze is blowing again! He believes that the folk artists and folk arts in Jiqing Street will radiate endless vitality and charm.

Chi Li

A Wuhan girl and her younger siblings were abandoned by her father overnight. The girl took up the burden of supporting her sister-in-law, set up an oil pot in the night market on the street and fried stinky tofu. Later, the small business became more and more prosperous, and the story of family's short life spread out. The girl called Shuangyang, the street called Jiqing street. A poignant story, a complicated night market, it is not easy to live. This is life show written by Chi Li, a Wuhan woman writer. After that, the film version, TV series version and drama version of "life show" followed closely, and people naturally engraved such a scene in their memory: in the neon flashing and noisy Jiqing street, there was an extraordinary woman selling her duck neck gracefully

Since then, this bitter street has been famous all over the country. Countless people come here just to feel how lively Jiqing street is at midnight!

folk culture

night life

"If you don't do business in Jiqing street during the day, it's like death." Chi Li is so straightforward in her life show. Jiqing street is an ordinary and quiet street in the daytime. Compared with Zhongshan Avenue, which is close at hand and bustling, it is really cold and lonely, with a strong contrast. In the evening, the 170 meter street suddenly came to life under the neon light. On the ten meter wide street, simple round tables and benches are arranged continuously, selling flowers, singing, playing the piano, eating and shoeshine You don't know where these people are coming from, and they've already started a business with you. In the twinkling of an eye, there is a rush of people, urging you to sit down as soon as possible. The interesting landlady, while making a warm talk, exchanged her eyes with the performers who play and sing. She sat down in a daze surrounded by a group of people. When she came back, she found out which stall she had entered, Fangfang, Mingming, Shunji, Yuanyuan, Xiaomei, Lingling, waiwaiwai I can only shake my head and smile. Hundreds of seats are full, the lights are red, and the smiling faces are full of satisfaction. You can choose all kinds of dishes, and the performers will call you. These artists, who have experienced the vicissitudes of the world, mingle with the mainstream and wander among the dragon fish, can not only sing all kinds of operas and folk songs for you, but also be good at observing the words and expressions. When you are drinking and drinking, they will make up and perform the most fashionable witty words for you. A pop song and folk song will make you laugh and laugh. It is said that the artists in Jiqing Street include students from art colleges, professors from Conservatory of music and white-collar workers from office buildings.

At midnight, the whole atmosphere reached a climax. For Jiqing street, night is day, so life should start from this moment. The merchants worked tirelessly in business, and they were still energetic and loud until 4 a.m. the diners took off the depression of the day and were excited until late at night. What this city never sleeps gives people is a happy and happy life. No wonder it makes people love them to the core, and it's so beautiful.

Stall culture

There are no quiet tea houses and high-end restaurants in Jiqing street. There are many stalls with market flavor. There were all kinds of diners, including university professors and well-known writers. People from the literary, sports and political circles attended the dinner frequently. Chinese people with different accents and foreigners of different nationalities even lingered. It's right that the stalls blend this face-to-face consumption style and the popular performance style without any affectation.

Jiqing street is the only place in the country that can occupy the road for business, which can be said to be the exclusive privilege of Jiqing street, which has been banned and reborn for several times!

This is the cultural stall in Jiqing street. It combines the face-to-face, open consumption mode with the casual and civilian performance mode, and infiltrates into the folk customs with local characteristics. It forms a unique and well-known food culture supermarket, attracting white-collar officials, blue shirt people and foreign tourists. Stalls have long disappeared in many cities, but in big Wuhan, they are still flourishing. The hot weather in Wuhan, especially after dinner, forces people to stay at home. In twos and threes, men are shirtless. What are they doing outside? It's most refreshing to sit by the bamboo bed, eat Mao Dou and drink beer. In the eighties and nineties of the 20th century, some diligent sisters-in-law, husband and wife, father and son carried out bamboo beds from their homes and put them on the road in front of their houses. On the bamboo beds were cold noodles, rice noodles, rice, eggs, cold dishes, their own stewed beef, tripe, beef tendon, fat intestines, chicken and duck, etc. next to them, there was a small coal stove, some home cooked dishes, and one or two small tables and stools. People sat on the spot, eating and drinking At that time, the word "laid-off" was rarely heard. Those working sisters in law made money to supplement their families. Later, a group of people came again. They simply rented the shop, and they could open a shop in more than ten or twenty square meters. A few tables were put on the street, and the small dishes were known as "relying on a glass of wine", which was very in line with the taste of Wuhan citizens. By the early 1990s, the business had expanded again, with a larger appearance and a larger scale. The peak period of Jiqing street was around 1933, and a large-scale stall market centered on Jiqing street was formed, including the neighboring transaction street, Ruixiang road and Dazhi road.

Jiqing folk Street

Wuhan is taking the first step of the 12th Five Year Plan. As the backbone of the city's mission, it suddenly realizes that the love and respect for the city should not be repeated repair and blindly change until the memory of the past is lost and the beautiful time is forgotten. The responsibility is to operate the city in a civilized and scientific way and let the long Chinese culture go deep into the marrow of architecture and landscape, Let it pass on and shine.

Jiqing folk culture street is to meet the spiritual leap of Wuhan people, absorb the historical and cultural factors of hundreds of years old Wuhan, with the aggregation of creativity and the sublimation of vitality. In the future, it will present both the unforgettable past and a better future to the Wuhan people, and this kind of plot will be clear to the heart.

Birthplace of national quintessence

Wuhan has a profound cultural heritage. With the reputation of "the mother of Peking Opera", Han Opera flourished in Hankou and finally merged with Hui opera to produce the quintessence of Peking Opera.

Chinese PinYin : Ji Qing Jie