思仁公园：粤中侨乡宗族村落纪念性空间的近代化

Siren Park: the Modernization of Memorial Space in Traditional Clan Village of Guangdong

思仁公园位于粤中侨乡,是恒美坊——赵氏村落于1931年创建的一个公园。20世纪二三十年代,中国兴起改良市政的公园建设,侨乡在华侨力量的推动下发展乡村物质建设,恒美坊利用村落的自然环境,创立纪念宗亲先贤的乡村公园。思仁公园吸收现代休闲娱乐理念,改进了村落人居环境条件,扩展宗族纪念性空间,延续了乡族的历史认同,村落的公共空间超越一家一族的局限,趋近于完全开放、共享的现代公共空间特征。思仁公园是近代时期中国南方宗族村落纪念性空间的公园化,也是乡村公共空间的近代化,其涵化融合的现代文明演进方式是广东侨乡文化的一部分。

Siren Park belongs to the hometown of overseas Chinese in the middle of Guangdong. A clan village of Zhao namedHengmeifang constructed it in 1931. During the municipal improvement of cities in 1920s and 1930s, many parks were under constructionin China. With the efforts from the overseas Chinese, Hengmeifang took advantage of the circumstance, set up the countryside park tohonor the ancestors. Siren Park absorbs the modern entertainment concept, improves the environmental condition of dwellings, extends thespace for family commemoration and continues the historical identification of the clan. At the same time, the public space of the villagetranscends the limit of a certain family and approaches a total open and sharing style. Siren Park is a park-like change of the memorialspace in traditional clan villages of S. ＆ E. China in modern times. It is the modernization of the public space in the villages as well. Thecombination in its modern improving way is a part of the overseas Chinese culture in Guangdong.