△ Sunbathing, planting plants and reading books are the most comfortable life for Gou Jun.
At night, sleeping on the sleepers of the old railway, listening to the rumble of the small train but not noisy, making a cup of tea and telling stories in Chongqing. This is the dream life of many people, but in an old house hidden in the city in the triangle road of Huangjueping, all these may come true.
Gou Jun, an old Chongqing enthusiast, has traveled all over the world and collected more than 5,000 maps in the past 30 years, and then spent two months to build a "Xanadu" for himself-Junge Bookstore, where you can read local chronicles from all walks of life and enjoy Chongqing in different periods on maps. With luck, I can meet a group of old Chongqing fans at the courtyard dam in front of the door and listen to their stories about old Chongqing.
On the 25th, the upstream journalist came to the Junge Bookstore located in the triangle road of the fourth village of Huangjueping Railway, bringing you Gou Jun and his "old Chongqing" world.
△ Gou Jun sorted out the map that he just found.
Old map attached to tourism
Speaking of the fate with maps and local chronicles, Gou Jun was obsessed with reading Geography Knowledge magazine (the predecessor of chinese national geography magazine) when he was a child, but he really started to collect books, but it was a journey at the age of 21.
In 1988, Gou Jun was already a "donkey friend". At that time, he rode a bike from Chongqing to Leshan, and the local customs and geographical beauty along the way made him linger.
"I just want to do something to keep this memory." So Gou Jun bought a "Leshan Tourism Traffic Map", "not only can you find tourism information, but you can also keep it as a commemorative collection, which has both practical value and collection value."
Originally, Gou Jun had been collecting stamps and magnetic cards, but after that, he fell in love with collecting maps. When he first started, he just bought some tourist maps, and then gradually began to buy administrative maps.
With the passage of time, the administrative map can’t satisfy Gou Jun’s hobby of collecting. He found that many old maps with the flavor of the times were drawn by hand and with a brush, which is not only artistic, but also more detailed. "When you touch these old maps, you can feel the taste of the years. Time brings us temperature and memory, and every old map is a work of art."
△ Gou Jun spends a lot of time reading books every day.
More than 5,000 maps and 5,000 books in 30 years
"This is the Atlas of Fengdu County, this is the book Sleepless on the North Shore, and this is the Collection of Studies on the Inheritance of National Culture …" In Junge Bookstore, Gou Jun showed his books to upstream journalists one by one, but the books and maps placed in the bookstore are just the tip of the iceberg. His home is the "golden house". Most of the books and maps collected from all over the country in the past 30 years are.
"Look! If you buy more than one book, you can pile it up! " Looking at a room full of books and maps, Gou Jun’s parents often complain that there are more than 5,000 maps and nearly 5,000 books in a room, and the walls, floors, tables and chairs are all piled up or not. He will only sleep on the sofa if he frees up his bed to pile up books. "I don’t feel annoyed when I sleep in this kind of book, but I sleep more soundly."
Gou Jun told the upstream journalists that in the past five years, he spent nearly 100,000 yuan on books every year, and spent 10,000 yuan every month when he was more. When he was less, he had to "remove" more than 7,000 books and maps.
△ There are various maps hanging on the wall in the bookstore.
Rebuild the old house by hand in two months to build the old Chongqing cultural living room.
Because there are more and more books and maps in the collection, it is inconvenient for friends to visit, and even it is inconvenient to take their feet after entering the house, so Gou Jun wants to find an independent space to store his "baby".
At the end of 2017, a friend subletted an old bungalow in the triangle road of the four villages of Huangjueping Railway to Gou Jun. As soon as he saw this blue brick house at the junction of the railway, he fell in love with it-the house has a big courtyard dam, and a few meters in front of the door is the intersection of the three railways, hence the name "triangle road". Every night after ten o’clock, there will be a small train rumbling past the house, which is very charming but not noisy. From time to time, nearby residents will pass by carrying the vegetables they just bought, or the smell of fried bacon from next door will waft in. "This kind of life picture is in line with my memory of’ old Chongqing’, and this is the independent space I have been preparing for a long time."
△ The postcard designed by Gou Jun is created with the scene behind him.
Gou Jun found an art friend, and the two of them took over the old and messy old house and started the road of design. Friends are responsible for design, while Gou Jun walks around the streets, collecting unwanted and unusual old objects and furniture and decorating the bookstore.
At the beginning of March, it took Gou Jun only two months to complete the renovation of his old house. The signboard of "Junge Bookstore" was carved by him, the bookshelf was designed by himself, and every decoration was randomly placed according to his hobbies. Gou Jun brought some books and maps at home to the bookstore, where fans can read books and buy whatever they like.
If you are lucky, choose a sunny afternoon to come to Junge Bookstore. You can also see the old streets in Chongqing and cultural lovers sitting on the courtyard dam at the entrance of the bookstore, each holding an old teacup to talk about the land and telling stories about Chongqing.
△ The signs in the bookstore are all made by Gou Jun.
His feelings of selling books: the national book lovers are paying more and more attention to Chongqing.
"In 10 years, Chongqing has developed and changed rapidly, and loving the motherland begins with loving your hometown." In the past, Gou Jun paid little attention to books and maps in Chongqing, but in the past 10 years, he has paid more and more attention to the collection of local chronicles and maps in his hometown, and he wants to be a witness to the development of Chongqing.
Gou Jun also has his own shop on Confucius Old Books Network, selling surplus old books and old maps. He has an intuitive feeling: "I personally feel that in recent years, book lovers all over the country have paid more and more attention to books related to Chongqing, which reflects the growing charm of Chongqing, and more and more people are willing to pay attention to Chongqing and understand Chongqing culture."
In the future, the "Junge Bookstore" will be officially opened to tourists and enthusiasts. Gou Jun wants to gradually build the bookstore into an old Chongqing cultural living room, so that every friend who loves old Chongqing and likes reading books can feel a sense of belonging here, can talk and laugh, and can find his connection with the city in the book. "Drinking tea and selling books, Chongqing Salon, I hope that the future’ Junge Bookstore’ will be more free and energetic."
△ Goujun’s own jigsaw puzzle with light rail as the theme
△ Yan Jun is busy in the bookstore
Upstream journalist Yang Xinyu Photography Liuli
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