Master of philosophy opens "Cultural Cafe"

Haining downtown Haichang South Road, there is a unique cafe, the area is not very large, but simple, warm, full of strong book flavor.

The partitions in the cafe are all bookshelves, and under the small lamp of the coffee table is a Kraft paper guestbook. Here, you can read quietly, chat in a low voice, surf the Internet, watch movies, listen to music, or you can write something down in the guestbook, or do nothing and let your thoughts flow slowly in the warm light.

This cafe, which is full of rich cultural flavor, is called "cultural cafe" by many local youth. The owner of the cafe, a post-80s couple who finished their master's degree in Beijing, said: "We want to create a 'cultural living room' for Haining youth!"

Master of philosophy opens "Cultural Cafe"

Yesterday afternoon, when the reporter walked into the cafe, the soft music reverberated in the room, and several young people sat on the sofa, leaning their backs against the bookshelves and quietly reading. Coffee shop owner Yan Xiangzhong and his wife Liu Dongmei invited reporters to sit at a coffee table and told the story of their business.

Yan Xiangzhong, born in 1982, is a native of Xiashi in Haining. After completing his undergraduate course in the Chinese Department of Shaanxi normal University, he went to the Capital normal University to study as a graduate student in the Department of philosophy. Liu Dongmei, the same age as Yan Xiangzhong, is from Sichuan. After graduating from the Chinese Department of Beijing normal University, she was also admitted to the philosophy Department of Capital normal University. The two met and fell in love when they were in graduate school, and fully felt the unique atmosphere of some cultural cafes in Beijing's old hutong, which had a great impact on their future return to their hometown to open this cafe.

"when we were studying in Beijing, in many old hutongs, such as Qianfeng Hutong, there were many different cafes, which were small in area, but very quiet, and we could enjoy reading and thinking without ordering." Yan Xiangzhong said that after graduating from the Capital normal University, he found some very "leisure" cafes full of cultural flavor in Hangzhou, Chengdu and other big cities. "in" Leisure: the Foundation of Culture ", the German philosopher Joseph Piper subtly shows us the calm state of leisure, which allows people to open their minds and learn to think, which is the root and foundation of culture. So many foreigners like to read and think in such an environment. "

Yan Xiangzhong believes that after more and more highly educated talents pour into Haining, they will definitely need such places. "but when I went back to work in Haining, I found that although there are many cafes in Haining, most of them are commercial in nature. without such a cultural atmosphere, we had the idea of opening a 'cultural cafe'."

Private space allows the mind to take a nap.

When the young couple had an idea, they began to make full preparations. "We inspected many cafes in Hangzhou and other places, and fully combed the cultural characteristics of Haining. Then we prepared the draft, looked for places, designed and decorated ourselves, and we both liked 200 extracurricular books, 900CDs, 5000 CD, as well as some quaint teapots used in Haining countryside in the past. After several efforts, the cafe finally came out, and we gave it a warm name, Encore Coffee. " Yan Xiangzhong said.

"in this cafe, when guests don't order, the waiter will provide them with a glass of white water for them to chat softly, or read, surf the Internet, listen to music, and swim freely in our guestbook. But no smoking. " Liu Dongmei said, picking up a specially made Kraft paper-colored guestbook from under the small lamp on the coffee table, the reporter immediately found that, in fact, under the small lamp on each coffee table, there was such an exquisite guestbook.

The reporter opened a book at random and found that dozens of people had left a track of their hearts here: a pupil told his bad mood about failing in the exam with childish strokes; a person who didn't want to sign his name expressed his melancholy mood here in the form of a diary that seemed to want to forget something; a foreigner signed and wrote a "Live secret place,relax,nice and beautiful" (private place, relaxed and beautiful). The reporter flipped through several other guestbooks and found that each one recorded a variety of contents, although trivial, but very truthfully expressed the mood of the doodler at a certain moment and his satisfaction after being released.

"when the 'Cultural Cafe' first opened, some people ignored the advice to smoke here, but we always adhered to the principle of'no smoking 'and finally made them change their habits." Yan Xiangzhong said that to build Haining's first "cultural cafe" rich in leisure culture, there are still many challenges for them to start their own business, "but we believe that our coffee shop positioning. I believe that more and more people will have this spiritual and cultural needs, I believe that through film and television salons, claiming small squares and other innovative activities, as well as more and more books, more and more rich cultural atmosphere We can build this into a 'cultural living room' for Haining youth! "

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