Rainy Day in Guangzhou: Shayuan-Kecun-Wuyangcun City Walk | 18 Oct 2023

Описание: 18 October 2023, Guangzhou. Rainy day.

Immersive city walk. Route: Shayuan — Kecun — Guangzhou Bridge — Wuyangcun. Casual footage by the filmmaker of Masters in the Forbidden City and Every Treasure Tells a Story.

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Entering Shayuan Station: the mall basement level brimming with earthly life.

Where do we begin to understand a city? Right here. Shayuan is an interchange between Guangfo Line and Guangzhou Metro Line 8, with massive daily passenger flow. Shayuan Market, Haizhu District's largest produce market, sits just outside. The station's indoor mall carries that same vibe. Grocery shoppers, browsers, commuters—this is everyday Guangzhou.

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Kecun: a name with a story.

During the Ming Wanli era, the Li and Yan clans migrated here and founded the village. The name suggests “living as strangers in a foreign land.” Now mostly Wu clan residents. Ancestors probably never imagined that centuries later, “Kecun” would take on new meaning—the first stop for many young newcomers to Guangzhou.

Like Shipai, Kecun once housed文艺 youth who made films and wrote books about this chaotic village. Some stayed, some left. No one knows. Guests come, guests go. Only the kapok tree at Kecun Overpass remains unchanged. Kecun, after all, is Kecun.

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Wuyangcun—“cun” written with the archaic character “邨,” originally called “Wuyang New Town.”

Many know it only as a subway stop. But for old Guangzhou residents, Wuyangcun once shone brightly. Construction began in 1984—one of Guangzhou's first commodity housing estates. Modeled after “Hong Kong public housing estate” style, residential blocks connected by arched bridges, the A, B, C, E, H, K compounds linked by elevated platforms. In the 1980s, it was second only to Ersha Island as an upscale residential area.

Wuyangcun was also Guangzhou's first large‑scale commercial housing project. The city's first post‑reform wealthy families bought homes here. Attention shifted east to Zhujiang New Town in the 21st century. But for over thirty years, this land was the pride of its residents—outsiders envied it. Its planning lessons shaped Zhujiang New Town.

In 2018, thirty‑something Wuyangcun was included in Guangzhou's urban renewal scope. A clear announcement: Wuyangcun, old.

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Guangzhou on a rainy day—a different kind of beauty.

Rain washes the streets, making them gleam. Pedestrians' umbrellas stand out vividly against the gray sky. People huddled at bus stops, passersby hurrying under umbrellas, delivery riders in raincoats—these scenes, ordinary yet real.

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Where do we begin to understand a city?

With its metro stations—Shayuan's earthly vibe, Kecun's crowds, Wuyangcun's archaic character.
With its history—Kecun's “stranger” origins, Wuyangcun's three‑decade journey.
With its rainy days—washed streets, umbrella‑shaded figures.

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2023年10月18日，广州。下雨天。沉浸式体验，城市漫步。路线：沙园—客村—广州大桥—五羊邨。《我在故宫修文物》《如果国宝会说话》导演随手拍。
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即将进入沙园地铁站，看到商场地下一层满满的烟火气。应该从哪里开始了解一座城市？这里就可以。沙园站是广佛地铁与广州地铁8号线的换乘站，日均客流量巨大。站外的沙园市场是海珠区最大的菜市场，站内的商场也延续了这种烟火气。白天里，买菜的人、逛街的人、换乘的人，交织成广州最日常的画面。

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客村，这个名字很有意思。明朝万历年间，黎氏与严氏迁居至此建村，村名含有“客居他乡”之意。现在多数是伍氏居住。祖先们大概想不到，几百年后“客村”这个名字又有了新的内涵——成了不少初来广州的年轻人的第一站，让他们感到贴切和亲切。

和石牌类似，客村也住过一些文艺青年，他们以这个混乱的大村为题材拍过电影、写过书。在这里驻留多久，或者什么时候离开，很多人不知道。客向村来，客从村走。不变的是客村立交那棵木棉树。客村终究是客村。
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五羊邨，“邨”是“村”的异体字，最初被称为“五羊新城”。

很多人只把五羊邨抽象成一个地铁站名。但对老广州人而言，五羊邨曾声名显赫——1984年开始建设，是广州最早的商品房小区之一。仿照“香港屋邨”风格设计，住宅楼通过拱形桥相连，A、B、C、E、H、K六个小区被四通八达的二楼平台连接起来。建成后，它是上世纪80年代仅次于二沙岛的高档住宅区。

五羊邨还是广州第一个面向社会大规模售楼的地产项目。可以说，广州改革开放后第一批富起来的人，集中在五羊邨买房。直到21世纪，城市的建设风潮转移到更东部的珠江新城，人们才不那么关注五羊邨。可这块热土，已让外来者羡慕、居住者自豪了三十多年，它完成了历史使命，规划经验用在了珠江新城的建设上。

2018年，有30多年历史的五羊邨被划入了广州旧城改造的范围。这个消息，确切无疑地宣告：五羊邨，老了。
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雨天的广州，别有一番味道。雨水把街道洗得发亮，行人的伞在灰蒙蒙的天色下显得格外鲜艳。公交站台下躲雨的人，撑着伞匆匆走过的路人，穿着雨衣骑车的外卖小哥……这些画面，平淡却真实。
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我们从何处开始了解一座城市？
从它的地铁站开始——从沙园站的烟火气，从客村站的人来人往，从五羊邨站的“邨”字读法。
从它的历史开始——从客村的“客居他乡”，从五羊邨的三十年变迁。
从它的雨天开始——从那些被雨水洗亮的街道，从那些撑伞走过的身影。
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