In a bustling commercial circle in Yuhuatai District, Nanjing, there is an folk tavern of about 60 square meters.
The owner of the tavern is a young man born in the 1990s in Chongqing. His current job is a marketing manager of a financial company. He worked in a bank. Later, he started living in a life of traveling, running inns in Lijiang, and chasing his dreams in Lhasa.
Recently, Dapang told the reporter of Yangzi Evening News Zi Niu News that he has been in Nanjing for 5 years and has operated this folk tavern for nearly two years. He has invested nearly one million yuan in succession, recording the stories of thousands of drinkers. Talking about the original intention of opening a folk tavern, Dapang admitted that it was to make more friends. "In Nanjing, there are many young people pursuing dreams. My original intention was to build a folk tavern into a meeting station for young people, giving young people who have just entered society a place to talk about their ideas, so that everyone can talk to different people while resting, so as to better live in Nanjing."
The folk tavern hidden in the commercial circle
recorded the stories of thousands of drinkers in two years
This folk tavern is not big, only 60 square meters, and can only accommodate more than 30 drinkers. Recently, a reporter from the Purple Niu News of the Yangtze Evening News came to the folk song pub of Dapang. The tavern is hidden and surrounded by numerous commercial shops.
The big fat social huts often have lights on late at night. Pictures in this article Ziniu News
Due to the impact of the epidemic, the shop here voluntarily stopped operating, and the owner of the pub, Dapang, also temporarily closed the pub. The reporter immediately pushed open the door of the social hut next to him. This was a small shop that Dapang had just opened for a short time. He saw him listening to the story of Xiao Li, a 26-year-old Shanxi girl, resigning from Beijing to work in Nanjing.
Big fat is listening to Xiao Li telling stories.
Just came to Nanjing, Xiao Li was not very adapted to her current life and was confused about her work. Dapang told her: "If ordinary people have no way to change the environment, they can only embrace changes and adapt to the environment, so as to stick to their goals and move forward, and ultimately achieve the results they want."
In folk taverns and social shops, all kinds of stories can be heard every day. Dapang has recorded the stories of thousands of drinkers so far.
In February 2020, Dapang and Xiaotong met. It was hard for him to imagine that this thin and shy Mongolian girl actually had the courage to carry the guitar alone to Dali to start her career as a wandering singer. "At that time, Xiaotong encountered the off-season in Dali, and she went to Nanjing to find us." In the tavern, Xiaotong became a resident singer, and her singing always touched Dapang. Whenever Xiaotong talks about life in Dali with Dapang, she always shed tears. Dapang said that Xiaotong's parents did not support her wandering around, but she liked music and went to various cities to sing with her guitar on her back. Dapang also asked: "Have you ever thought about finding a stable job?" But Xiaotong, who is obsessed with music, does not like to follow the rules, but pursues the life she wants with her guitar on her back. Dapang said: "She is now pursuing her dreams in Dali again. I have learned a lot from her and has strengthened her belief in pursuing her dreams."
Dapang also said that the former store manager Twelve is a top student in the Chinese department of Peking University, and a singer who can write poetry improvisation; the cute Qiqi is a people's teacher. As a loyal fan of Zhao Lei , her singing can always amaze everyone...
What impressed Dapang was that three months ago, he met a girl named Xiaoliu at an event in a tavern, who was engaged in the pharmaceutical industry. In early March, the two met in the tavern again. Xiao Liu told Dapang that he had thyroid cancer during the physical examination. The doctor suggested surgery, "Before thyroid cancer is diagnosed, I have many dreams and want to do more. But after learning that I was sick, I felt that health is important." At the beginning, Xiao Liu was very depressed and often said, "After having an excision, it will leave scars, and I feel that I am not a normal person!"
After a period of time, Xiao Liu gradually got out of the psychological shadow with the company and encouragement of his family, wanting to leave more rest time for himself. "I can not control my illness. I hope I can exercise in the future, lose weight, and make myself healthier."Daopai was also deeply touched by the girl's story, "Don't work hard in work and life, you must cherish your health and cherish yourself better. "
Dapang with an interesting soul.
Ziniu News reporter saw that on every table in the folk tavern was a notebook of kraft paper, which recorded the stories written by every drinker sitting on this table. JOJI, a young man born in the 1990s in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, was engaged in computer industry related work. On February 17, 2021, he was frustrated and came to Dapang's folk tavern for the first time and wrote five or six pages of paper in the notebook on the table. Dapang looked at After arriving, he took the initiative to invite JOJI to share the story. Over time, the two became good friends, and JOJI also became the current store manager of the Big Fat Social Cabin, participating in the design and decoration of the cabin. There are many stories recorded on the notebook
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JOJI said that in the past two years, there have been more than 10 such notebooks. "We will collect every book full of stories. New drinkers can see a person's story every page of paper. "The reporter opened a notebook and saw that some customers would post their photos in the notebook, while others would write down their mental journey or feelings about life for a period of time.
JOJI said: "More people will write down their wishes for their future, hoping to have a beautiful love and career. "
A group of young people in the folk tavern
Make the tavern a meeting place for young people
In 2012, Dapang, who just graduated, worked in a bank in Chongqing. Two years later, he didn't like to follow the rules and started living. Dapang has been to many cities, not only opened an inn with his friends in Lijiang for more than half a year, but also pursued his dreams in Lhasa.
The entire wall of the social hut is used to hold "story".
Dapang came to Nanjing, which was a very accidental thing. In 2017, he was browsing short videos online and happened to see cherry blossoms next to Jiming Temple in Nanjing. " cherry blossoms next to Jiming Temple are beautiful. I think Nanjing must be a city with stories. While I am still young, I want to change cities and start pursuing my dreams again. "
On April 5, 2017, Dapang came to Nanjing with his dream and became a marketing manager of a financial company. In the first period, he found that his circle was relatively narrow. Although he was familiar with some colleagues, there were few friends who could really talk to him. "At that time, he was not in good health and often felt lonely, so if he wanted to meet some new friends, he needed a place to communicate. "
Therefore, Dapang formed an online interest community, and would make an appointment with his friends in advance to watch the sunset at the top of Zijin Mountain on weekends and overlook Nanjing City; he would also form a band to hold a concert on the Xuanwu Lake ; he would also walk from Dongshuiguan with more than ten friends to Episode Qingmen , and watch the tenderness of the water town in Qinhuai River outside the city wall...
After a long time, many young people joined Dapang's interest community. Although they had a happy chat together, he also felt that this "short-term socialization" could not really get rid of loneliness. Because Dapang likes folk songs and has had the experience of forming a band, he had the idea of opening a folk song tavern.
can hear moving music in the social hut.
In Dapang's opinion, folk taverns are not bars in the traditional sense, but to make more friends. He admitted: Nanjing is very youthful and energetic. There are a large number of young people with dreams working hard in this city. My original intention is to build folk taverns into a meeting place for young people to meet, and give young people who have just arrived in this city a place to talk about their ideas, so that everyone can talk to different people while resting, so that they can live a better life in the future. "
has invested nearly one million yuan in
regards the tavern as home, likes to look at the city walls together
Dapang said that the tavern is currently run by 5 people. Tengze is a senior student from a university in Nanjing, responsible for the specific affairs of the folk tavern; the deputy store manager Dandan is the band's lead singer and loves music. Lijiang Yi girl Shanyue records stories happening in the tavern every day and shares them on the Internet.Jiujiu, who works in finance in state-owned enterprises, is a videographer in folk taverns, while JOJI is responsible for the design of various activities and promotional posters.
At the end of 2019, Shan Yue and Dapang met during a night run. Due to family reasons, Shanyue lacked the care of her parents since childhood and suffered from a serious illness. She was diagnosed with "liver failure and ascites, and there is a tendency to cirrhosis and ". Once, Shanyue fainted in a folk song pub. After seeing it, Dapang hurriedly sent her to the hospital. Later, she accompanied Shanyue to the hospital for various examinations for more than a month, and the two formed a brother-sister friendship.
They have become very good friends when they manage the tavern together.
Accompanied by Dapang, Shanyue not only walked out of the isolated island in her heart, but also became an online writer, writing various stories every day. In Shanyue's opinion, "The Folk Ball is my home and a harbor in this city."
Later, Dapang opened a social hut and 24-hour flower shop near the Folk Ball. He said that in order to ensure the operation of the pub and social hut, nearly one million yuan has been invested one after another. "Opened under the epidemic, the daily income is not very high, and it can only maintain normal operations, but it can truly provide young friends with a place to meet."
Dapang told Ziniu News reporters that they will use folk taverns and social huts as carriers to organize activities such as hut story night, worries-solving grocery store, exploring Nanjing, and exchanging idle items. Dapang said that they have also recently launched a series of activities of "College Students Talk to Workers". "Many newly graduated college students want to urgently understand society. We want to build a relatively safe environment for them and talk to some people who have entered the workplace, so that these newly graduated college students can clarify what they want to do in the future and avoid falling into confusion."
"The city gate is several meters high and thirty-six meters high. Riding a white horse, carrying a knife, and walking under the city gate." In the past five years of living in Nanjing, this nursery rhyme that is familiar to Nanjing people has also entered Dapang's heart. Whenever he has time, he will walk along the city walls of Nanjing with his friends. From Shencemen to the root of the tree, then to Xuanwumen , Jiefangmen , and finally arrived at Jiming Temple. In Dapang's opinion, it is so interesting to walk around Shence Gate in the garden and enjoy the fallen cherry blossoms in March.
Dapang told Ziniu News reporter that since he graduated from college, he has never been in a city for five years. "I have been in Nanjing for so long and found that Nanjing has given me a lot of things, especially because I have met so many young friends. I feel that they are invisible to inspire me to move forward."
