The First Archives of Abandoned Villagers in China
- posted on 2020-12-25
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wǒ chū shēng zài quán zhōu yǒng chūn de yī gè shān cūn lǐ miàn
我出生在泉州永春的一个山村里面
I was born in a mountain village in Yongchun, Quanzhou
hòu lái dào le chéng lǐ miàn gōng zuò hé shēng huó
后来到了城里面工作和生活
Later I moved to the city to work and live
wǒ jiù shì chéng shì huà de dà làng cháo lǐ miàn de yī gè qīn lì zhě
我就是城市化的大浪潮里面的一个亲历者
I’m one of those who experience the great wave of urbanization
zhè xiē bèi huāng fèi diào de cūn zi
这些被荒废掉的村子
These abandoned villages
yǐ jīng pāi le wǔ nián
已经拍了五年
I’ve been shooting them for five years
nián
2010年
In 2010
yī gè ǒu rán de jī huì xià miàn jiù cí zhí le
一个偶然的机会下面就辞职了
Accidentally I resigned
lái wán chéng zì jǐ de shè yǐng
来完成自己的摄影
To finish my photographing
liú yuán shì pāi chéng shì huà de guò chéng zhōng
《流园》是拍城市化的过程中
Liuyuan is a project about the wholly abandoned villages
zhěng gè cūn zi dōu bèi cūn mín huāng qì de yī gè xiàng mù
整个村子都被村民荒弃的一个项目
During the process of urbanization
zuì zǎo shì pāi le zhè jiāng zhōu shān biān shàng de yī gè shèng sì liè dǎo lǐ miàn de gǒu qǐ dǎo
最早是拍了浙江舟山边上的一个嵊泗列岛里面的枸杞岛
In the beginning I shot the Gouqi Island of the Shengsi Islands near Zhoushan, Zhejiang
zhè gè cūn zi yǒu dòng fáng zi
这个村子有105栋房子
The village had 105 houses
nián jiù wán quán huāng fèi le
95年就完全荒废了
It was completely deserted in 1995
dào xiàn zài suǒ yǒu de fáng zi dōu bèi pá shān hǔ pá mǎn
到现在所有的房子都被爬山虎爬满
Now all the houses are covered with creepers
nà zhāng shì zài guǎng dōng de dèng biān cūn
那张是在广东的邓边村
This picture is the Dengbian village in Guangdong
zhè gè cūn zi zài nián dài hěn duō rén jiù yí mín dào hǎi wài qù le
这个村子在80年代很多人就移民到海外去了
In the 1980s lots of villagers had already moved overseas
huò zhě wǎng chéng shì lǐ miàn zǒu le
或者往城市里面走了
Or gone to cities
suǒ yǐ yī xiē róng shù jiù bǎ zhěng gè fáng zi bāo qǐ lái
所以一些榕树就把整个房子包起来
So some banyan tress surround houses
rén hé zì rán zhī jiān de zhè zhǒng guān xì jiù shì cǐ xiāo bǐ zhǎng
人和自然之间的,这种关系就是此消彼长
There’s a balance between humans and the nature
rén jìn zì rán kě néng tā tuì yī diǎn diǎn
人进自然可能它退一点点
While humans move a step forward, the nature withdraws
rén tuì zì rán jiù mǎ shàng bǎ tā huí shōu huí qù
人退自然就马上把它回收回去
While humans back away, the nature takes it back immediately
jī běn shàng měi gè huāng cūn wǒ dōu huì jì lù jìn cūn de lù
基本上每个荒村我都会记录进村的路
Basically I record the road leading to every abandoned village
yīn wèi jìn cūn de lù jiù shì tā bèi huāng qì de zhǔ yào yuán yīn
因为进村的路就是它被荒弃的主要原因
Because the road is why it’s deserted
bǐ rú shuō xiàng hé nán de fēng mén cūn
比如说像河南的封门村
Like the Fengmen Village of Henan
zài tài xíng shān de shēn chù
在太行山的深处
Is deep in the Taihang Mountain
lù yǐ jīng dōu wán quán bèi chōng huǐ le
路已经都完全被冲毁了
The road has been completely destroyed
guāng bù xíng de shí jiān huā le bā xiǎo shí bàn
光步行的时间花了八小时半
It took me eight and half hours walking into the village
yǒu yī xiē cūn zi lǐ miàn huì yǒu yī liǎng gè lǎo rén liú zhù
有一些村子里面会有一两个老人留著
In some villages there’re one or two old men stay there
qí zhōng de yī gè lǎo rén shì tā zài shān shàng hái yǒu yī xiē nóng zuò wù hái méi shōu chéng
其中的一个老人是他在山上还有一些农作物还没收成
One old man stays because he still has some crops to harvest
hái yǒu yī gè shì yīn wèi chéng shì shēng huó tā shì méi fǎ shì yīng de
还有一个是因为城市生活他是没法适应的
Other one stays because he can’t get used to urban life
tā yòu bān huí lái le
他又搬回来了
So he moves back
quán bù dōu xuǎn zé zài xià tiān pāi shè
全部都选择在夏天拍摄
All of my shooting is done in summer
xià tiān shì xiāng duì bǐ jiào shǎo qíng gǎn yìng shè de yī gè jì jié
夏天是相对比较少情感映射的一个季节
Summer is a season with comparatively less emotion
wǒ jiù yòng zhè yàng de yī gè sè cǎi fāng shì
我就用这样的一个色彩方式
I use such a color pattern
hái yuán yī zhǒng bǐ jiào píng jìng de qíng xù
还原一种比较平静的情绪
To reproduce a kind of quite calm emotion
nián de shí hòu
2014年的时候
In 2014
zhèng hǎo háng zhōu de xiāo shān yǒu yī gè dà de chāi qiān
正好杭州的萧山有一个大的拆迁
There happened to be a big demolition in Xiaoshan, Hangzhou
nà cì shì chāi le dòng fáng zi
那次是拆了1043栋房子
1043 houses were pulled down
cūn mín men lí kāi lǎo de jiā zhī qián pāi yī gè jiā tíng hé yǐng
村民们离开老的家之前拍一个家庭合影
Villagers took family photos before leaving their old homes
jiù zhǎo dào jī huì le kāi shǐ pāi táng qián jiān hé yí wù
就找到机会了,开始拍《堂前间》和《遗物》
So I seized the chance to begin shooting the series of Tangqianjian and Yiwu
táng qián jiān tā shì nóng cūn de jiàn zhù lǐ miàn yī lóu de kōng jiān
“堂前间”它是农村的建筑里面一楼的空间
A ‘tangqianjian’ is the ground floor of rural buildings
yī xiē rén qíng wǎng lái
一些人情往来
Villagers socialize
dōu shì zài xiǎo kōng jiān lǐ miàn wán chéng de
都是在小空间里面完成的
In the small space
fēi cháng wēn qíng
非常温情
It’s really warm
yǒu zài nà biān tiē hěn duō de jiǎng zhuàng
有在那边贴很多的奖状
Some put up lots of certificates of merit on the wall
xiàng qīn rén men shuō wǒ de hái zi xué xí chéng jì hái bù cuò
向亲人们说我的孩子学习成绩还不错
To show their relatives the children achieved good grades in school
hái yǒu tiē le hóng shuāng xǐ shuō jié hūn le
还有贴了红双喜说结婚了
Some had double-happiness decorations to indicate marriage
rán hòu hóng shuāng xǐ cóng lái dōu bù sī diào
然后红双喜从来都不撕掉
And the decorations have never been torn off
tā men bèi chāi diào de zhè gè shí kè
它们(被)拆掉的这个时刻
When they were pulled down
shì zài wǒ men nóng cūn rén jìn chéng de shí hòu
是在我们农村人进城的时候
Our countrymen migrated to cities
hěn zhòng yào de yī gè zhuǎn biàn
很重要的一个转变
It’s an important transition
yí wù shì duì yǐ wǎng de yī xiē shēng huó de yī xiē zhuī sù
《遗物》是对以往的一些生活的一些追溯
Yiwu is about tracing past life
zhè gè chí táng shì nóng cūn fù nǚ xǐ zǎo shàng qǐ lái xǐ yī fú
这个池塘是农村妇女洗早上起来洗衣服
The pond used to be where rural women did laundry in the morning
xǐ cài táo mǐ de yī gè dì fāng
洗菜,淘米的一个地方
And washed vegetables and rice
yě shì nóng cūn shēng huó lǐ miàn jiā tíng fù nǚ zài jiāo huàn xìn xī
也是农村生活里面家庭妇女在交换信息
It was also where rural housewives exchanged information
jiā zhǎng lǐ duǎn de yī gè dì fāng
家长里短的一个地方
And gossiped
zhè gè shì wǒ bǐ jiào xiǎng bù míng bái de
这个是我比较想不明白的
This is what I can’t understand
tā wèi shén me yào yí qì tā de jiā tíng xiāng cè
他为什么要遗弃他的家庭相册
Why did he abandon his family photos
yǐ wǎng de qíng gǎn de chéng zài de yī gè zhòng yào de wù zhèng zhè gè dōu yí qì le
以往的情感的承载的一个重要的物证这个都遗弃了
Important items with emotions
chá jù wǎn zài nóng cūn de shí hòu
茶具碗,在农村的时候
Tea ware and bowls, in rural areas
jīng cháng jiā lǐ miàn huì yǒu yī gè bǐ jiào dà de jù huì
经常家里面会有一个比较大的聚会
People often had big family gatherings
dàn shì dào le chéng shì lǐ miàn
但是到了城市里面
But after they move to cities
jiù yuè lái yuè shǎo le
就越来越少了
They seldom do it
tā qí shí yě shì cóng zhè zhǒng shè huì guān xì zhuǎn biàn
它其实也是从这种社会关系转变
It’s actually a record of the changes in social relationship
hé shēng huó fāng shì zhuǎn biàn de yī gè jì lù
和生活方式转变的一个记录
And lifestyle
wǒ zǒu le zhè jiāng fú jiàn guǎng dōng shān xī
我走了浙江、福建、广东、山西
I’ve traveled to Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Shanxi
hé nán hé běi hái yǒu běi jīng
河南、河北,还有北京
Henan, Hebei and Beijing
zǒu le sì shí jǐ gè cūn zi
走了四十几个村子
I’ve visited over forty villages
hái xū yào huā wǔ liù nián shí jiān
还需要花五六年时间
I still need five to six years
xī wàng néng gòu bǎ zhěng gè zhōng guó dōu zǒu yī biàn
希望能够把整个中国都走一遍
I hope to travel all over China
gěi hòu miàn de rén liú xià yī fèn bǐ jiào wán zhěng de shì jué dàng àn
给后面的人留下一份比较完整的视觉档案
And leave complete visual archives for future generations