In Kunyuanli, Duanjiaxiang, Tonganli and Xinfeng Lane in Datong Community of Hankou, the residents heard the familiar "playing gong" again. Chen Guixiang, a resident of Tongtong Street, joked: "I can't sleep well when I can't hear the gong at night."
This gong, which has been beating for nearly 70 years, hangs in the Datong Cultural Zone of the Datong Community Neighborhood Committee, Minquan Street, Jianghan District. Every night, the community security captain in charge of patrol, Xiong Keliang, and his colleagues solemnly take down the gong and begin the evening. During the patrol, walk for a while and strike a gong, so that the traditional reminder of "playing the gong" has new characteristics.

Explore the copper-making culture, revive traditional urban characteristic art, and inject fresh vitality into community life with creativity.
Community secretary Ni Juan grew up in the Datong community. She told reporters that there are many old Hankou people in the community, and everyone is full of affection for this place. Therefore, the creative and cultural activities of the community are almost all carried out based on the traditional culture of the city and the actual needs of the community residents. Therefore, they have gained extensive participation and were successfully selected into the creative community.
More than a century ago, the copper-making community was the birthplace of Hankou bronzeware. It has won international awards and was once brilliant. Today, the community is actively reviving the "copper-playing" culture. Changjiang Daily reporters saw in the community public activity space exhibition area, all-copper exquisite community terrain building reliefs, as well as copper pots, basins, bowls and other daily necessities with the imprint of the times. It seems to bring everyone back to that glorious era all of a sudden.
Under the guidance of Ni Juan, the reporter found Master Hu Jiaquan who was still making handmade copperware in the community. During the interview, a young customer happened to come to pick up the products, two handmade copper bowls with thin tin inside. It looks very refined. The young man told reporters that the copperware is sold online and has a fixed consumer group.

Master Hu Jiaquan told reporters that he took over his uncle's shop in 2013 and returned to the copper-making community to continue making copperware. It's just that there are more people looking for custom bronze wares, and some products with complex skills can only be made two pieces a year.
Due to the rising price of copper materials and the rising labor costs, copper products have now become characteristic handicrafts, and the price is higher than that of ordinary industrialized copperware. A copper spoon is 40 yuan a piece, a copper hand warmer is 380 yuan a piece, and a custom-made hand-made copper pot sells for several thousand yuan. That is, Master Hu said that he can only make two styles a year. However, the reporter saw at the scene that the exquisite handicraftsmanship makes each bronze ware exude an "artistic flavor", which is worth appreciating carefully.
Ni Juan said that there are not many copper craftsmen in the community, and everyone is very concerned about the inheritance of this craft. Next, the community will rely on the existing live broadcast platform to put coppersmiths like Master Hu on the live broadcast platform, and let him talk about the culture of coppersmithing and the knowledge of copperware.

At the end of last year, as the "City of Design" recognized by UNESCO, Wuhan extended the tentacles of creative design to the front line of the vast community, activated the urban cells, selected 100 creative communities, and awarded the "Wuhan Design" to the communities that met the recognition standards. Capital Creative Community" title.
Ni Juan said that in addition to the copper-making culture, there are also a number of traditional cultural and creative activities in the community, such as paper-cut studios, weaving clubs, and online courses of Yumen Boxing. Activities such as "simmering soup festival" and handmade products charity sales are also held at ordinary times. , the life of the old community is also full of rich cultural and creative elements.