A decade ago, I came to Pujiang (Chengdu)
And participated in the design and planning of Mingyue Village as an architect
Ten years from then, I came to the Tieniu Village of Pujiang
With some 50 people including my families and friends
In hope that we could really settle down here
Live, work and start a business
To build a beautiful ecological community together
I grew up in a small town in Pingjiang, Hunan
And got a master degree in architecture
Tieniu village is one hour and 15 minute drive from Chengdu
9.59 square kilometers
It is one millionth of the total area of China
9900 mu of ugly mandarin, more than 1000 mu of fish pond, 1065 households
A typical and ordinary western Sichuan village
In 2019, the team did a lot of research
And the construction of Tieniu Village officially began in 2020
The core (of the planning) is this farm-style forest
In the beginning we rented 9 mu of orchards
Cultivating ugly mandarins in an ecological way
Face the difficulties, do not use pesticides, do not apply chemical fertilizers
A team called A Gan Qing Nian (The Mandarin Boys and Girls)
Most of them were born after 1980
Our ecological mandarins are sold to Shanghai, Chengdu and Guangzhou
Bigger trees are planted
To attract animals
Also to promote its biodiversity
So that the village ecological environment could return to the way it was forty years ago
Meanwhile we built new houses in the orchard
Manually
They were built in five days
All bamboo-made
The tea house is multifunctional
Two bedrooms and two living rooms
It can turn into a study
An office
A place for yoga and exercises
Turning the orchard into a playground
When our new villagers first came here
The business just got started
We had dinner at each villager's home
And we found that the mothers are really good cooks
Each family may offer one dish
And form a feast, like a hundred families banquet
So people from the city can have a taste of Tieniu mothers' dishes
The first agritainment in the village
We rented it
Mother didn't leave
And may local villages got in
She became a new chef
Plus our new villager Hanhan
A designer graduated from The Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts
They run the restaurant together
Mandarin jam made in the orchard
Mandarin ice cream
Mandarin wine
All buildings
We avoid large-scale demolishing and construction
Instead we try to use local materials
And work with local people
The community integration center took us 90 days
To build from scratch
Ten new villagers and about twenty local constructors
There were masons and plumbers
We built it together with local people
Nothing is useless in the village
We don't need to buy a lot of stuff
Old windows and doors, wood, fridges
Just recycle them
It's an experiment of real ecological building
Ecological life in the countryside in four words
Moderate eating, regular lifestyle
Interactions between people
We share what we are good at
During weekends, we have all kinds of cultural and art events
In the field there are dining tables
Weddings were held here
Made with old containers
It's their dwelling place
And they also work and cook here
Being self-sufficient
A tree house cafe was built in combination with the tree
Experience space and future events are together
There are over 600,000 villages in China =
We hope that every village should receive such attention
Shorten the distance between city and countryside
Old and new villagers
Create natural, beautiful life together