Food.Nature.People.Architecture Cuisine.Nature.Gens.Architecture Mâncare.Natură.Oameni.Arhitectură Хоол.Байгаль.Хүмүүс.Архитектур 음 식 . 자 연 . 사 람 . 건 축 饮 食 . 自 然 . 人 . 建 筑 อาหาร.ธรรมชาต.คน.สถาปัตยกรรม Еда.Природа.Люди.Архитектура Dinspre est către est From Far East to East 从东到东 С Востока на Восток De l’est vers l’est จากทิศตะวันออกถึงตะวันออก 동쪽에서 동쪽으로 Зүүн зүгээс зүүн хойд зүгт
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From Far East to East #02 - "Inside Out China 101"
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Food.Nature.People.Architecture
C u i s i n e . N a t u r e . G e n s . A r c h i t e c t u r e
Mâncare.Natură.Oameni.Arhitectură
Хоол . Б ай г а л ь . Х үм ү ү с . А р хи т е к т у р음 식 . 자 연 . 사 람 . 건 축
Е д а . П р и р о д а . Л ю д и . А р х и т е к т у р а
Dinspre est către est
From Far East to East
从东到东С Востока на Восток
De l’est vers l’est
จากทิศตะวนัออกถึงตะวนัออก
동쪽에서 동쪽으로Зүүн зүгээс зүүн хойд зүгт
Razvan - George GORCEA
Mulţumiri speciale părinţilor mei pentru susţinerea si încrederea pe care mi-o acordă. Mulţumesc mamei mele pentru că m-a făcut să descopăr din copilărie natura si aventura. Mulţumesc tatălui meu pentru că-mi este mentor permanent si se îngrijeşte de formarea mea.
Remerciements particuliers à Monsieur Remy Butler, pour m’avoir ouvert les yeux à l’Asie, et pour l’affection paternelle qu’il me porte.
Please note that:*This is NOT a general image over China. It is a particularly countryside situation in an accelerated process of transformation. It shows a personal view.*
LOCATIONS :- Yongxing Town, Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China- Village near Yangshuo, Guilin, Guangxi Province, China
“Inside Out China 101”
FO
OD
In many of the rural areas in China, the land continues to be hand-worked. People have their own terrains and work
their field with the same tools and techniques like centuries
before.
Village near Yangshuo, Guilin, Guangxi Province, China
STILL A MANUAL WORK
FO
OD
Often, the household task must be shared by the children (boys and
girls) with their family.
FO
OD
If in the traditional villages the wood or bamboo is the main cooking fuel, in the rural de-veloping towns, industrialized bricks of coal is used and sold
on the street.
Yongxing Town, Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China
Village near Yangshuo, Guilin, Guangxi Province, China
COOKING FUEL
FO
OD
Traditionally, the smoking place is located in the back of the
house and the smoke goes directly in the room to preserve the meat
mainly.
FO
OD
Although the dishes contain a wide variety of healthy vegetables, medicine herbs and spices, everything is shortly fried in oil or
cooked. Here, in this part of China, almost nothing is
eaten raw.
Home dinner in Yongxing, Hunan Province, China
DISHES
FO
OD
The main fields are occu-pied by rice cultures, well harvested in the hot humid climate of South of China.
They are situated everywhere around the villages.
Rice field near Yangshuo, Guilin, Guangxi Province, China
RICE AND WATER
FO
OD
In recently urbanized areas, peo-ple keep their rural lifestyle.
The smallest piece of soil can be a small culture of vegetables. In many contemporary developed West-ern cities this kind of proximity
agriculture is re-introduced with a high ecological or community value.
Street in Yongxing, Hunan Province, China
CITY AGRICULTURE
FO
OD
In the traditional Chinese gastronomy, medicine herbs are regularly used. The medical effect is naturally imbedded
into the daily food.
Market in Yongxing, Hunan Province, China
DRIED HERBS
NATU
RE
The perfectly flat rice fields follow the level topography lines and create a specific
landscape. The villages and the hills become islands in a sea
of rice fields.
Approaching Guilin, Guangxi Province, China
RICE TERRACE LANDSCAPE
NATU
RE
The sub-tropical monsoon climate has four mild but distinctive seasons. The mild humid weather offer a rich vari-ety of exotic fruits, rice culture and
many other plants. The karstic relief with its green
hills was inspiration to many Chinese poets and painters. There are particu-larly geological formations and lots
of caves
Yangshuo – Guilin area, Guangxi Province, China
NATURAL BLESSING
NATU
RE
PEO
PLE
There are many rural towns like this where people have never seen a “foreigner”
(=”laowai”) before! So you get instantly all the attention
and you feel followed with the look from the bikes, cars and shops. Talking between them,
more and more people gather to see “the foreigner” and even
to touch or interact with him.
Yongxing City, Hunan Province, China
“LAOWAI!”
PEO
PLE
An extremely special feeling I had in a high school where all the students were following me from the balconies.
PEO
PLE
The traditional family had before around 4-6 children or more. This world known
control of population started in the ’70 as a measure to limit the huge population growth of China. The married couples have been limited to have only one child in
urban areas. Exceptions are made in rural case, where two children are allowed if
the first one is a girl. After more than 30 years things changed little about the policy but it made pro-found social changes in the Chinese soci-ety. The new generation of unique children is allowed to have more babies, but the divorce rate of young couples is highly
increasing.
District entrance in Yongxing City, Hunan Province, China
THE “ONE-CHILD POLICY”
PEO
PLE
The families’ situation is written with chalk on blackboards outside, common for some group of blocks.
PEO
PLE
It’s quite common to read on the walls Government messages like: “It is the same if you have given birth to a girl or a boy!”. The traditional preference for a boy was highly influenced by the “only-
child policy”. So there were many cases in which families abandoned girls, especially in rural area, where the man is considered superior and the support for the parents’ family. As a result the percentage of girls dropped
quite drastically in favor of boys.
Nowadays the situation is changing a lot as having a girl has become an advantage
due to the unbalanced population.
Yongxing City, Hunan Province, China
Villages near Yangshuo, Guilin, Guangxi Province, China
IS IT A GIRL?
PEO
PLE
PEO
PLE
PEO
PLE
The Chinese concept of family extends to cousins (which are also called “sisters” or “brothers”) or even further relatives. So it is common to rise up the children
together as they would be siblings.
Yongxing City, Hunan Province, China
LARGER FAMILY
PEO
PLE
High school students pass all day long at school (from 6 am to 10 pm) to pass their final exams. From a class around 40-60 stu-
dents, only 7-10 can have a place in an university depending the
rank of the high school and their score. More recently the situation is changing as the high number of students doesn’t offer the cer-
tainty of a good job.
LEARNING FOR EXAMS
Yongxing City, Hunan Province, China
PEO
PLE
PEO
PLE
Many middle age people con-sider they finished their active working period and spend lot of time play-ing games and gambling.
While they’ve put some money apart, they send their kids to have better education and now they expect their chil-dren to get a job and take
care of them.
GAMES & GAMBLING
Yongxing City, Hunan Province, China
PEO
PLE
PEO
PLE
Mainly the old people continue to do the hand-crafted tools or objects, as the country is high-ly industrialized. In the last years they became more popular, having a tourist attraction.
CRAFTSMEN
Yongxing City, Hunan Province, China
AR
CH
ITEC
TU
RE
“Long live chairman Mao!” (an expres-sion used as for the king or emperor) was written on the walls of villages.
There aren’t many villages that keep the ancient traditional houses. Nowadays the preserved one get more end more atten-
tion with the highly developing tourism. The following example is a special case with some high officials’ houses, and
it hasn’t become yet a “museum village” filled with tourists.
Village near Yangshuo, Guilin, Guangxi Province, China
A TRADITIONAL VILLAGE
AR
CH
ITEC
TU
RE
The village is very compactly build with narrow roads and en-closed living quarters. City
gates make the connection with the outside farmlands. The
houses do not open toward the public space of the road, which is limited by high opaque walls
instead.
Village near Yangshuo, Guilin, Guangxi Province, China
CITY GATES AND ROADS
AR
CH
ITEC
TU
RE
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The entrance gates have all different shapes and inscriptions according to the importance of the house. On this page – the ancestors’ hall, used to celebrate the ancestors or to hold
the elders’ council. On the next page – several public officials’ quarters
with their inscription (they received first, second or third rank at the im-
perial court examination).
Village near Yangshuo, Guilin, Guangxi Province, China
ENTRANCE GATES AND RANKS
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ITEC
TU
RE
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Passages, inner courtyards, halls … the houses are organized on a horizontal
pattern, with several steps and rules. The relationship between living spaces is highly influenced by the social rules of the society. The linked inner courts play an essential role in the public/
private aspects of the house.
Village near Yangshuo, Guilin, Guangxi Province, China
HORIZONTAL MAZE
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ITEC
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RE
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TU
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Nowadays, the new industrial material are mixed with the natural traditional ones
(adobe, brick, stone, timber). There still can be found beautifully crafted orna-ment with cultural meaning. Even though the new vernacular architecture changes
shape and materials, it can be notice that some traditional construction methods are kept within (for example the use of the
bricks).
Village near Yangshuo, Guilin, Guangxi Province, China
MATERIALS AND DETAILS
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ITEC
TU
RE
AR
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TU
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Most of rural areas are in a con-tinuous transformation process.
Although there is an actual plan-ning, the general aspect is rather chaotic, with a lot of speculation and disrespect for the existing way
of life. The economic boom creates profound changes in the rural landscape.
Yongxing Town, Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China
THE NEW RURAL CHINA
AR
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ITEC
TU
RE
The rapid change of the village into town or city it’s on the same wave length as the change of people’s lifestyle. The “im-ported” model of road becomes occupied by the inhabitants quite “naturally” and people
continue their previous way of life.
Yongxing Town, Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China
NEW ROADS, OLD ROADS... SAME WAYS?
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ITEC
TU
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A huge change is produced in the housing typology. The horizontal model, with the extended fam-
ily is transformed into a verti-cal one. Although they live in blocks of flats people tend to
block their views and re-create the inner sense of the house, isolated from the outside. In this Southern area most of the buildings don’t have heating
system.
Yongxing Town, Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China
NEW VERTICAL HOUSES
AR
CH
ITEC
TU
RE
The education still keeps the most impor-tant role. If in ancient times the public exams to be a Government official were con-sidered a life goal, now the honors changed name into Bachelor, Master, PhD and so on. This is a high school were thousands of
students learn and live in dormitories. As the competition is very tough, the families make all the sacrifices for their children to receive better education and finally a
decent job or rank.
Yongxing Town, Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China
EDUCATION FACILITIES
AR
CH
ITEC
TU
RE
If in ancient times the public exams to be a Government official were considered a
life goal, now the honors changed name into Bachelor, Master, PhD and so on.
Imperial Examination Hall – Qing Dinasty, Guilin city
High school in Yongxing Town, Chenzhou, Hunan Province
Thank you !
Merci !
Mulţumesc!
Гялайлаа !감사합니다 !
谢谢 !
ขอบพระคุณครบั !
Спасибо !
Thanks to my translators:
Huang Xing - Chinese Anton Ivanov - RussianPatrick Bayarsaikhan - MongolianLassamon Maitreemit - ThaiYun Young Mi - KoreanKim Dong Hee - Korean
Razvan-George GorceaBorn in 1986 in the city of Suceava, Romania, he grows up in the beautiful region of Bucovina, surrounded by mountains and monasteries. The success in mathematics competitions allows him to travel in different parts of Romania along with his studies. He begins the architecture studies at « Ion Mincu » University in Bucharest. At this point, space and urban explorations become decisive for his education. He begins extensive travels in all Europe, before and during his studies in Paris since 2007. A larger interest evolves into the un-derstanding of human settlement development and its cultural mechanisms.His one year journey in Eastern Asia changes completely his perspective, creating of wider sense of global consciousness. Now he tries to put together the knowledge he acquired and re-new the out-dated models with an intercultural approach.
Razvan - George GORCEA
More than a photo journalMore than a traveller’s tripImmersion into the culture
Discovering FOOD.Celebrating NATURE
Connecting with PEOPLEUnderstanding ARCHITECTURE
Permanent change of perspectiveThe “West” becomes the “East”
The viewer becomes actorThe photos get meaning and notes
Each one has a story to share
Mai mult decât un jurnal fotoMai mult decât o călătorie turisticăIntegrare totală în culturăDescoperind MANCAREAAdmirând NATURACunoscând OAMENIIInţelegând ARHITECTURASchimbare permanentă a reperelor“Vestul” devine “est”Observatorul devine actorFotografiile capătă sensFiecare împărtăşeşte o poveste
Plus qu’un journal photoPlus qu’un voyage touristique
Immersion dans la cultureEn découvrant la CUISINE
Célébrant la NATUREEntrer en contact avec les GENS
Comprenant l’ARCHITECTUREChangement de perspective
“L’Ouest” devient “l’est”L’observateur devient acteurLes photos prennent du sens