Tired of the endless infighting and internal strife of the city, 24-year-old Su Wanqiao resolutely resigned and returned to the old streets of her hometown where she had been away for a long time, taking over the old house and shop left by her grandmother. But the first thing she did when she came back was to encounter a demolition and rectification notice in the neighborhood. The old house was classified as a dilapidated building and was to be cleared. The handmade sugar cake craft that had been passed down for many years was about to disappear completely. While packing up her grandmother's belongings, she accidentally discovered the dusty wooden box of formula and the Old Street Notes, which revealed the unfinished obsession of the older generation of craftsmen to protect the intangible cultural heritage of Old Street. Faced with numerous difficulties such as the crushing of the Internet celebrity assembly line business, malicious competition from capital counterfeiting, and the commercial transformation of neighborhoods, Su Wanqiao refused to be involved in low prices, deeply cultivated ancient craftsmanship, and repaired the incomplete craft recipes bit by bit. She broke the deadlock among peers and united the scattered craftsmen in the old streets to stay together and start a business together. Lu Yanzhou and Lu Yanzhou, who was responsible for the neighborhood rectification work, gradually became partners who trusted each other and guarded the streets side by side from strangers whose positions were at odds with each other. Using a small buckwheat shop as a fulcrum, we gently fight against the tide of the times, preserve the fireworks of old houses, revitalize endangered intangible cultural heritage crafts, and gradually transform the dilapidated old streets into warm and characteristic intangible cultural heritage neighborhoods, writing the most touching gentle counterattacks and cultural heritage of ordinary people.
Intention: Commercialization swallows up traditional craftsmanship. This book is based on ordinary fireworks and focuses on the core concepts of gentleness and perseverance, inheritance of cultural heritage, two-way healing, and symbiosis of human relationships. It does not rely on bloody conflicts and instant wealth. It tells the story of ordinary people who use ingenuity and warmth to hold on to the foundation of their old homes in the face of demolition and changes, revive endangered intangible cultural heritage crafts, and revitalize the vitality of the entire old street. The real counterattack is never to subvert the world, but to maintain the warmth of the years, pass on the fireworks of the world, revitalize a world and heal a group of people with small kindness and persistence.