Interviews are masters of Miss Li Xuebing outline Jiang Yuan First, the opening brief (mash Art) Highlights:

Part of the palace of the Qing monk.

Masters: studied in Europe, went to the scene, filmed the movie, written novels, opened a bar, operates “benevolence” gallery and “all Jiangyuan.” There are many elements who seemingly conflicting but peaceful integration, and describe their own style. A wide cultural perspective, let her have both tolerant attitude.

In the traditional environment, form all copy, from the current context, there is a sense of alienation. But mix and match elements not naturally blend, will appear nondescript. Mix of traditional and contemporary, East and West mix, how to grasp the degree is particularly important. Especially profound environment more difficult to achieve.

In your small courtyard, both retained and restored some of the original: for example, facing the South, South room beams, floor tiles sixties. But their own design built a two-story building. Your old and new buildings in this dialogue, it is how to find a balance?

Very ashamed to speak truthfully, because this small hospital is rented, and bought their own yard is not the same concept. So when did the decoration, the first thought is not a problem balancing old and new buildings, and more thought is how to use existing funds and conditions to complete a more practical and elegant building. And I always thought, for the building, it is always easy in the first place. For me, those who put aside the pursuit of practical Xuanliang away and majestic building some flashy is not always walk into my heart. Of course, not very practical means rough, single or even ugly. Complete an architectural beauty, depending on the owner or designer in their own life experiences and the intentions of their attitude towards life requirements and adhere to. Intentions, and pure soul, and everything is balanced. Architecture is no exception, either the East or the West, or a combination of things.

Your learning, life experience is very rich, and living abroad for many years, Western culture has a more profound understanding. From this small courtyard decoration design point of view, including the opera as a meal sometimes background music, you actually have to use a mix and match elements of East and West. When you are doing this expression, is how to choose the elements of East and West ?

Jiang Yuan are all matching, including music background, I have not had a conscious deliberate arrangement, there is no emphasis on the so-called Eastern and Western elements match. Just think if we want to be made whole yard oriental elements, but also its own pure oriental extravagance construction conditions can not be achieved when the bones from the soul, not as random nature in which the arrangement of these elements of modern life. Whether it is from a building renovation hardware, software or background music, the most important thing is to be hard. In Beijing, the majority of Chinese architecture is filled with both interior and exterior residential or Chinese teahouse, and is a good example. No soul, no heart, even if the so-called oriental decorative elements used in all stacked together, the room stood the ancient opera, you can not have the people, specious, what is the point?

To a lot of people are on the tree in your yard centuries jujube impressive, it makes life more vivid precipitation years. Which of your favorite corner of the yard? In the design of the decoration there any regrets?

Like the second floor. Looking past upstairs and saw the surrounding layers of roof tiles pieces when some refreshing. Watts is kind of beauty, and even can be called a kind of culture, which is difficult in other places a chance to experience mood. But the four weeks the neighbors roof tiles are more and more plastic sheet linoleum cement platform or simple glass tile replaced, was very tangled sad. Unfortunately, because the yard decoration or is rented, there is an obstacle to speak from the heart, because when you consider the cost of investment in reconstruction and did not go more complete details. For example, the choice of wood.

Many private kitchens pursue cordial, positioned in people “taste memory”, and some stores are not changed even decades. Your private kitchens to Sichuan for the tone, but whether it is food or cooking methods have to select a combination of Chinese and Western specialties. And the menu is not fixed, updated frequently bring guests surprise. This implementation is not an easy thing, you like to try this, what is the impetus for innovation?

Realistically speaking, I am very envious of those of a shop or even decades can do the dishes, single-mindedness, which means that the need for a very strong and stable rear kitchen team. And my experience is that at present we do for small private homes, the kitchen team, if you’re lucky, it will generally replaced every two to three years. If so, it might as constantly changing dishes, has become the most appropriate thing we have. For WM, perhaps this experience and my personal life and family environment. It is its natural, I do, because my daily family life is a combination of Chinese and Western cultures a huge family.

Chinese people “eat” culture enjoyed dinner. Ancient “scholarly gathering,” This is from your restaurant wall decoration “Han Banquet map” can be reflected. In modern society, the Beijing dialect had a very vivid word called “Group Board.” You are born to learn the art, and they have a gallery, you will regularly organize their own small courtyard where some very unique cultural gatherings?

Yes, if necessary, I will regularly in their own little yard organize some distinctive cultural gatherings, such as some art exhibition opening or closing reception dinners and so on. But the next few years, probably because some of my own fate and Buddhism, and I intend to have jiangyuan slowly build into a collection destined persons vegetarian, tea, incense Road, ikebana and Buddhist and related cultural gathering place. I respectfully blessing to complete this wish. Thank you again for the source of love, You are welcome to come again.

Thanks!