An old street from the Qing Dynasty on the verge of disappearing, two crumbling ancient courtyards, and a battle for cultural inheritance. Lin Huiling, with sincerity to her hometown, campaigned for the original appearance of Baolao Street; Zhang Hongwei, adhering to a professional cultural and tourism concept, wanted to inject new vitality into the old street. From the initial tit-for-tat due to differences in the concept of "protection and development" to working together to resist capital erosion and solve the loan dilemma, to uniting intangible cultural heritage inheritors and gathering the power of residents, they used their ingenuity as their pen and their original intention as their ink to write the transformation epic of Wangchun Old Street over the years.
In the sound of chiseling, intangible cultural heritage skills are passed down from generation to generation; on the bluestone, the integration of culture and tourism is blossoming step by step. From responding to malicious sabotage, fighting counterfeiting and safeguarding rights, to building brand IP and entering the international stage, to cultivating a new generation of inheritors and being selected as a world cultural heritage, every inch of Wangchun Old Street is engraved with the mark of persistence and innovation. This is not only the rebirth of an old street, but also a moving legend of a pair of couples who, in their two-way pursuit of love and career, protect their cultural roots and bring Chinese ingenuity to the world.
