Balizhuang Old Textile Man Becomes The Leading Role In The Film, Weaving Dream Youth

East Third Ring Road East, CBD International Business District, busy traffic.

Few people know that the bustling business district used to be the workshop of a textile mill.

In the early days of the founding of the people's Republic of China, three large-scale cotton textile mills were established in Balizhuang, Jingdong, ending the history of cloth without yarn in Beijing. At that time, Balizhuang and Shougang were called "one black and one white".

As time goes by, textile mills have become history. If you observe carefully, you can still find traces of the "one white" in the past: the bus stop named "printing and dyeing factory", Guanghua Road named after Guanghua dyeing and weaving factory, and the China Academy of textile science standing at the edge of the Fourth Ring Road... The textile workers who once weaved colorful dreams for the young republic still live in this area.

A few days ago, the old textile workers got together again because of a micro film called "dream weaving era". They are the protagonists of this film. They take the old workers through time and space and return to their youth one by one.

　　 Textile workers play themselves

The camera flashes and the film begins.

An old man, holding his granddaughter's small hand, walks in the Laijin cultural and creative park, which used to be the second Beijing cotton textile factory.

"You see, grandfather used to work here. A row of spindles of high machines were spinning in circles, and then they became fine yarns."

The old man, surnamed Liu, is an old worker of the second cotton spinning factory. He is over 90 years old this year. In his narration, the audience seems to be in a space shuttle, back to 1953——

The workers in white aprons and white cloth hats are shuttling through the rows of spinning machines with their hands flying

After the founding of the people's Republic of China, the development of light and textile industry was included in the first Five-Year Plan of the national economy, and Balizhuang area was immediately established as the textile industrial zone of Beijing, which was also the starting point for the capital to build a complete industrial system.

The film uses real historical materials

Under the kerosene lamp, the young "Du maoheng" is packing his bags. He hears that the capital will build the first cotton textile factory. He is going to Beijing, and he wants to contribute to the construction of new China.

In the audience, looking at the young actor playing himself, Du maoheng, who has white hair, has red eyes. Although it has been 68 years, the long history of the textile factory is still clearly engraved in his memory“ At that time, the new factory had 1100 looms with an annual output of 50000 spindles of cotton cloth, which greatly made up for the shortage of materials in Beijing at that time. " Speaking of the past, Du maoheng is full of pride.

The second factory and the third factory have been built in succession, and the scale of cotton textile city has begun to appear. With the continuous upgrading of textile technology, the first factory's high-grade poplin, the second factory's "Tongting" combed cotton yarn, "flower bud" brand spinning, as well as "Jingshan" cotton yarn, "lantern" brand spandex yarn and "Pearl" grey cloth, have gradually gained international fame and become a major foreign exchange earner. 80% of Beijing's cotton yarn is exported to Southeast Asian countries, exchanging a lot of foreign exchange for the country, Textile industry has also become a banner of the planned economy Beijing national economy era.

"28 million yuan a year to the state!" On the screen, sun Liye, a former worker of the No.

　　 Recording old people's youth with light and shadow

Magic light and shadow, will be 70 years of sadness and joy and three generations of cotton textile people's youth, weaving together.

The micro film has five units and five stories, which truly presents the years of hard work and hard work of the old textile workers.

"I feel a sense of homesickness in them. These people may be ordinary, they have little chance to appear on the big screen, and their stories may disappear as a generation gets older. But such a lovely person, such a moving story, should not be forgotten Zhu Xiuyang, a film director and screenwriter, said that in order to be authentic, he visited nearly 100 textile workers for half a year before shooting the film, and collected stories about ordinary textile workers and their families, and obtained many interesting plots——

"During the job interview, I asked how tall I was, and then I looked around with my hands. I thought, is this recruitment still based on palms?" Du Yufen, a former Jingmian No.1 Factory, said that when she entered the workshop, she understood the reason immediately: the spinning machines were high and low, too short to reach the machine, and it was difficult to operate when it was high. In addition, her fingers had to be dexterous, and the cotton thread had to be connected quickly.

The most unforgettable thing about Han junran, who is in his 70s, is the whistle. In the National Day parade in 1969, women textile workers will walk through Tiananmen Square as a mass parade“ It's a great honor. We have to show the demeanor of women textile workers. " Han junran recalled. During the rehearsal, the weather was very hot, and the clothes could be twisted out of the water, but no one yelled bitterly, retreated, gnawed their teeth and practiced over and over again... "The whistling attracted many children to look at the wall every day. A boy named Liu Jianmin later made his own whistle and played every day. Now that kid is a football coach and a professional Whistler

These details are interpreted and restored by young actors and interspersed in the real historical materials. Zhu Xiuyang said that in order to find the scene of the workshop, they searched all over the country and finally found an old factory building in Shandong, which was highly similar. In order to shoot golden wheat waves to show the start time of the first Jingmian factory, the crew raced with the harvester in the wheat field. As soon as the shooting was finished, the harvester was already in the field.

"Looking at the movies, I feel like it was back in those days. The factory is full of hot working scenes. It's really great to be able to bring our old colleagues together again and watch our own movies together in this way." Wang Xianchun, an old textile worker, was very excited. She and her old colleagues especially appreciated the young people who made the film. In their hearts, the gift of youth was very precious.

The picture shows a picture of a female textile worker working in a workshop.

　　 The film will play more than 100 times

At that time, textile workers are now very old. Many of them still live in the old dormitory area of Balizhuang“ From youth to old age, they have devoted their youth to the cotton mill, and we should take good care of them. " Balizhuang street civic activity center director Xu Qiang said.

"Most of the elderly residents in the district are textile workers or descendants of that year. It is a fresh and bold attempt to organize residents to participate in making micro films." Xu Qiang said that it not only activated the youth memory of the old textile people in the jurisdiction area, but also made many "new residents" who later moved here to understand the glorious history of the region“ In recent years, we have continuously sorted out the regional context by means of special research, interviewing veteran workers, writing oral textile history of Balizhuang, holding community old objects exhibition, etc., so as to solidify the memories deep in people's minds into words. "

"After watching the film, many young people said they were very moved. The vivid scene reappeared to let them see the spirit of the workers in that era." According to reports, the film will continue to arrange viewing sessions in various communities. In addition to showing it in the community culture room, it will also go out of the cinema to meet you in the form of an open-air film, with a total of more than 100 shows. " Xu Qiang said.

At the premiere, Wang Xianchun, a former "textile man," said, "thank you for the film's reunion."

News memory:

"One black and one white" of old Beijing Industry

In the industrial system of old Beijing, there is a saying of "one black and one white". The "black" refers to Shougang located in the west, and "Bai" refers to the cotton mill in Balizhuang. In the early 1950s, a narrow Chaoyang Road divided Balizhuang into North and south parts. In the South was the No.123 national cotton factory under construction, while in the North was a large red brick dormitory with three or four floors. The thick and high walls showed obvious characteristics of Soviet style architecture.

After the founding of the people's Republic of China, it was first faced with material shortage, and the large-scale industrial construction of new Beijing began. The completion and operation of the No.123 factory of Beijing cotton has made the textile industry of Beijing bid farewell to the traditional family workshop style and embarked on the modernization step. Covering a total area of more than 930000 square meters of land, hospitals, textile technical schools, kindergartens, nurseries, canteens, etc. have been built one after another, becoming a veritable "Textile City".

At the beginning of the establishment of the factory, there was a shortage of women textile workers with production experience in Beijing, so a large number of women textile workers were transferred from Shanghai and the south. In the factory building, the machinery roars, the textile female workers are busy shuttling. Residents who have been living in dongbalizhuang area recalled that at two or three o'clock every afternoon, when it was time for shift change, groups of young and beautiful female workers walked on the street or factory Avenue. They had rich expressions, talked and laughed, making the whole street full of vitality. Some middle-aged women workers chatted in Shanghai dialect, which became a unique feature of the street.

In the 1990s, China's textile industry began in-depth industrial adjustment. According to the new industrial layout plan of Beijing, the No.1, No.2 and No.3 plants of Jingmian are integrated into Beijing Jingmian group. The new plant is located in Shunyi, and the roar of machines fades out of the urban area. Today, on the site of the old factory building, Huatang shopping mall, zhubang2000, ocean business and other large modern commercial buildings have become new city landmarks; Chaoyang Road on both sides of the old textile dormitory area, is one after another to set up a bright new residential. With the pace of urbanization, Balizhuang's once bustling industrial area has turned into a new city full of modern flavor. Many of the women textile workers in those days still live in Balizhuang area. Their precious memories of those passionate years and their industrial relics with the mark of the times constitute the unique cultural gold card of Balizhuang.

(source: Beijing daily client)