A metropolis without a story of recent urban history is not lovely.
The West Lake Cinema, located near the West Lake Three Park, has a history of 70 years and has accompanied several generations of Hangzhou people, making it a veritable memory of the city. Recently, a post titled "Save Hangzhou's old West Lake Cinema" has received the attention of netizens. The post said, West Lake Cinema will face demolition, please love Hangzhou people shout together, save Hangzhou's old cinema! By the reporter for confirmation, the West Lake Cinema is indeed to be demolished. Cinema: demolition indeed, reconstruction is not sure . Cinema Manager Chen Jianlong confirmed in an interview with the Times: "West Lake Cinema will indeed be demolished, January 22, in Cui Jiaxiang 4, we also participated in the demolition of the command center presided over the hearing, this demolition belongs to the Lakeshore III renovation project, involving 21 households, Dongpo Theatre and we are, but the demolition to be used for what we're not sure, whether it will be in the original location! rebuild the theater is also uncertain." Tao, director of the Office of the Construction Bureau of the uptown area, also said that he knew about the demolition, but the specific progress is not very clear. Manager Chen said that the former life of the West Lake Cinema was the West Lake Theater, which was established as early as 1939, and after liberation, the West Lake Cinema was handed over to the Hangzhou Film Company for management. "Across the country, many old theaters like this have been preserved as ancient buildings. It's really rare to survive the market competition, and there are only a handful of them in the country, so it's really a pity to tear them down." Worked in the theater at the age of 18 "I and my children's memories have you That was 1984, 18-year-old Qian Daisui had an internship at the West Lake Cinema. After graduation, she was assigned to work at Xinhua Cinema. Eight years ago, because of a job transfer, Sister Qian returned. "A flash is 23 years, this year I'm 41", Qian said, "I remember the theater was the first to introduce 3D equipment in Hangzhou, at that time, we did not understand, why spend 400,000 to introduce a set of rarely used equipment, but with the introduction of Adventures in the Earth's core, we became the then The first place in the country for single-screen output, and that kind of pride can't be forgotten even now." The movie theater has irreplaceable memories for her. "When I first came here, my son was only 1 year old, and since he understood, I would bring him to see any new movie, and if the movie theater is gone, and the main line of life is gone, I just want to say that both my child and I have 'you' in our memories!" 85-year-old old man living by the cinema for a lifetime "often slipped in to watch movies as a child" "Clouds float in the sea air, fish hide in the water. Fish nets in the morning sun, and a big sea breeze blowing over." The old song full of nostalgia comes out from the house of No. 1 Yandri, sung by 85-year-old Xu Dabo, who said, "This was my favorite tune when I was young - Fisherman's Song, the theme song of a movie, which was watched at the West Lake Cinema back then." When he was 6 years old, Uncle Xu moved with his father to live near the West Lake Cinema. "A live is 80 years which, still remember when I was a child, a movie ticket costs 10 cents, then poor, sneak in through the door, when the cinema is still a short cottage, there are more than 200 seats, playing a silent movie." Mentioning the demolition of the matter, Uncle Xu looked out the window and said in a daze: "Although the children have their own houses, but still like to live here, live a lifetime, really do not want to leave." Once set up parents dating "I hope that the family's happiness in the continuation of this place Although there are now many places to choose from to watch a movie, Xie is still habitually come to the Westlake Cinema, yesterday at the entrance to the cinema, the reporter met him just after watching the movie. "When I was a kid, we would always clamor for a movie in order to create a date for mom and dad. Dad would ride a bike carrying mom, sister and I here to watch movies, but mom always fell asleep every time we watched a movie." Xiao Xie smiled and said, "Now that movies are shown in small halls, I really miss the feeling of the big movie halls in the past." Now that his parents have gone back to their hometown, only Xie stays in Hangzhou to work. When he misses his parents, he brings his girlfriend here to reminisce about the days when he sat on his father's lap and watched movies. "I hope all of our family's happiness can always continue here." Xiao Xie said. Experts: hope for careful consideration before demolition "The movie theater has long been more than just a building" "If it is demolished, it will be lost forever," said Yang Jianhua, deputy director of the Institute of Sociology at the Zhejiang Academy of Social Sciences, "West Lake Cinema is no longer just a building, it carries cultural history, citizens' emotions and urban memory." Yang Jianhua feels that the West Lake Cinema hosts the emotions of the old Hangzhou people, and the protection of the theater is not only the protection of the building, the protection of culture, but also the protection of the public's emotions. It does not have iconic architectural features, but the long history of the same witnessed the development of Hangzhou city.