Architect Wen Yu bought an old house in Qiongxizhou and applied to the Ministry of Culture for 8 million yuan for renovation.


(Photo by reporter Yan Hongjun)

[Reporter Yan Hongjun/Changhua Report] There will be an art museum in Xizhou Township, Changhua County, and it will be privately established!

Architect Wen Yuqiong bought an old Xizhou Restaurant opposite the old Xizhou Sugar Factory Post Office. She conducted field research on the old house by herself, excavated the historical value of the old house, and successfully applied to the Ministry of Culture for the "Private Building Preservation and Regeneration Project" "With a cost of 8 million yuan, the interior is now being refurbished into an "Aesthetic Base" art museum. The project is in the process of finishing, and the first exhibition will be held on December 3.

Wen Yuqiong, who lives in Tianwei, originally intended to look for old houses in the southern Changhua area to renovate. By chance, she bought an old house on Jinle Road owned by the children of the late businessman Yang Ru in Xizhou Township and the long-abandoned Hongbin Hotel behind it.

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In front of the old house is the old Wufen station and the post office of the old Xizhou sugar factory. In order to obtain funds for the renovation, Wen Yuqiong conducted a field survey of the old house for nearly a year to find out the history of the former owner Yang Ru.

Wen Wangqiong said that when the Xizhou sugar factory was prosperous, Yang Ru opened Xizhou Restaurant and Hongbin Hotel here. The opposite of Xizhou Restaurant is Xizhou Theater (which has disappeared). ", was abandoned due to the demolition of the Xizhou sugar factory, and Yang Ru's children lived abroad or in the north, so they sold this "Qijiajiao" covering an area of ​​about 70 square meters.

She said that she was lucky to take over this "house with a story", but the renovation of the old house will cost at least tens of millions of yuan. She spends her spare time doing field research on the streets of Xizhou, looking for old photos, and finding out the culture of the old house Value, written into a planning painting, went to the Ministry of Culture to give an oral report, and successfully won 8 million yuan from the public sector.

Architect Wen Yu bought an old house in Qiongxizhou and applied to the Ministry of Culture for 8 million yuan for renovation.


(Photo by reporter Yan Hongjun)


Wen Wangqiong said that the whole process of obtaining funds did not go through civil agents or consulting companies. The main reason is that she is an architect herself, and the property rights of the house are clear, and the proposal she made includes the cultural value of the old house, future operation and utilization, and renovation funds. Estimates... She listed them all accurately, which was approved by the review committee of the Ministry of Culture.

She said that although Xizhou Township is an agricultural township, it has a strong human touch. The art gallery can become a cultural window for the locality. What she is doing is actually what the Ministry of Culture wants to do; when the vision and ideals are consistent with the cultural unit, the process is actually Many public departments in China will assist.

At present, the "Base of Beauty" Art Museum has come to the final close, and the opening exhibition will be exhibited on December 3. The exhibition will be an illustration exhibition of architect Wang Shiyi.

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