Running more than 800 ancient villages, he took the appearance of the old building

Xinhua News Agency, Changsha, August 28th (Reporter Xie Ying) In the past 15 years, Hunan photographer Tan Jianhua explored the root cause of the cultural cultural roots along the Xiangjiang River and the Qijiang River, and ran to more than 800 ancient villages and used more than 100,000 photos to truly record the ancient villages of Hunan Hunan villages. The style and historical relics.

In 2012, Tan Jianhua was filmed in Pa Gang Village, Huting Town, Ningyuan County, Hunan Province. Interviewee confidence

The 71 -year -old Tan Jianhua is familiar with different architectural styles, genres and theories. The Huxiang culture contained in the ancient villages of the southern Hunan has fascinated him. In 2006, he carried his bags and began to find the roots of the culture of Huxiang ancient village culture with his love for Huxiang culture.

"In 15 years, I ran more than 80 counties and more than 800 ancient villages in Hunan Province. I took 5 cameras and 3 drones, drove 3 cars, and took more than 100,000 photos. "Tan Jianhua said.

In the past, many villages were poor. At that time, every time Tan Jianhua walked into the ancient village, he had a weight of nearly 30 pounds of bags and turned over several mountains. When he was hungry, he could only use instant noodles or sweet potato fruit belly.

In 2012, Tan Jianhua heard that Liang Lan Village was the only village in Fenghuang County, and wanted to see it. On the fourth day of the first month of the lunar calendar, Tan Jianhua rushed to the heavy snow, holding a crutch, a straw rope, and stepped on the thick ice and snow, starting from Shanjiang Town. Liang Lan Village was only 15 kilometers away from Shanjiang Town. He walked for 6 hours, and finally took the whole picture of the cold lantern Dazhai.

The city is developing in a different place, but many old houses in the countryside are slowly disappearing. Tan Jianhua not only used the lens to record the upcoming ancient village of Huxiang, but also printed the stone carvings facing the removal or collapsed stone carvings, and preserved a large number of precious cultural materials.

"From the ancient villages in Hunan, you can feel the inheritance and revolution of culture. Following the ancient villages, you can clearly touch the development context of Huxiang culture, and feel its endless vitality." Exploring the roots and recording traditional culture, let Tan Jianhua let Tan Jianhua Le are one of them: "As long as I still move, I will definitely stick to it."

[Editor in charge: Shi Ge]

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