"An Ancient House and Book House Hidden in Daxi Old Street - Courtyard Encounter Book"

After moving to Taoyuan, Daxi Old Street is no longer my tourist attraction, it is more like a place where I can go for a walk occasionally. I like to go to Daxi Old Street more on weekdays than on holidays, and there are fewer people in the old street on weekdays. , As the crowds dissipated, the old-fashioned atmosphere here was scattered a little.

When there are many people, I am busy watching people lively, hiding from people, but trying to get close to the crowd at the same time. The contradictory personality makes me think that the invisibility cloak in "Harry Potter" is really a great invention. However, there is a street, Zhongshan Road in Daxi Old Street. Even on holidays, there are not many people walking into it. The reason is probably because there are no food vendors on this street, and there is no aroma of food to be found. There are probably a group of bookworms on this street who can only walk in if they smell the fragrance of books. I am also a worm. I got into this street for an independent bookstore called "Tianjing Hushu".

"Patio meets book", the name sounds really good, if it wasn't for the bookstore owner's natural beauty in naming, this name must have been a fortune teller! When I walked into the patio, there was a sunny patio waiting for me in the building. This was my first encounter with the patio.

I like old house buildings very much. I always feel that such buildings are full of stories. The architectural style of Daxi Old Street is the popular Baroque buildings during the Taisho period of Japanese occupation. In order to integrate Taiwanese culture, the architecture The Greek hilltops or Roman stone pillars are even added with Chinese-style fish and bat patterns for more safety.

Tianjing Houshu is also a very well-organized old house. There is also a very good hostess in the bookstore. She is kind and quiet and doesn’t talk much, but as soon as she opens her mouth, you will know that she is a delicate person and she will not pay attention to her. Watching your every move will not make you feel uncomfortable, but she will care about your needs. She didn't come forward to sell it, but when I picked up a fish-shaped pencil case made of cloth for the second time, she said to me, "This can also be used as an eco-friendly cutlery bag!" She didn't say the price, but Is concerned about my motivation for wanting to buy it. I think everyone will have the first opportunity to do something, just like when I came to the patio to find a book, I want to experience a quiet and undisturbed reading time, and I want to see which books the proprietress here has chosen? I want to see if this is right for me? Fit and fit seem to be about fate.

The owner of a coffee shop chooses coffee beans, just like the owner of an independent bookstore chooses books. He always has his own taste and preferences. I like to communicate with a person in this way without talking, like tasting a cup of coffee made with my heart, or The readers are other good friends who are also book lovers in the reading room.

There is an old saying: "A friend is like a good book." It can also be said conversely: "A good book is like a good friend after another." However, good friends who took back the book list, such as "Dream and Reality of Picture Books: Jimmy's Sharing of Creation Experience", "The Science of Fermentation", etc. Sometimes the essence of visiting a bookstore is of course not to read the whole book, but to encounter a book, I will remember their names, or take them home to read, so I like to visit bookstores, especially independent bookstores, Because those carefully selected books always make people feel like listening to a meaningful song, which sounds very comfortable and reads like knowing someone, which is a wonderful feeling.

I stayed in the book room for more than an hour. I was lucky because there was no one else except my husband and I. During this period, there was only a couple who took pictures and left. There was no one, only those who were hugged by the book. Feel! I need an environment to enter the atmosphere of books, and here in the courtyard, there is a sense of happiness surrounded by books. Tranquility is the most precious thing in this happiness.

My husband and I are sitting on the big wooden chair that can be leaned down, holding a book that we have been fascinated by as soon as we pick it up. I like this kind of chair very much. It has a retro flavor. It reminds me of sitting with my brother when I was a child. It is a toy car that does not need to be coin-operated to rotate on such a big chair in my uncle's house. I did not expect that after many years, I can still find childhood memories when I visit the bookstore. Thank you Tianjing Hushu for letting me meet my childhood. Myself, the most coincidental thing is that these two large wooden chairs are children's picture books, not to mention that this is fate, what is it?

I imagined that the hostess of the bookstore would also choose books to read to her children? Because when my husband and I were about to leave, we met a pair of precious children of the hostess. I really liked the temperament that the children exuded. Don't people often say, "Aren't children who love reading bad?" I think is this the truth? So I guessed to myself that they are also children who like to read, right?

They politely walked past us who were reading books. After we left, they listened to their mother's words and returned to the library to sort out the books.

Although the latter picture is what I imagined, it is also because before I stepped out of the bookstore, I heard the hostess of the bookstore say to the children: "Your work is coming! It's closing time, go and organize the books in it. "I always like to imagine them as my childhood. If my mother asked me to organize my books when I was a child, I would inevitably turn to a few pages.

It is fate to visit and meet the ancient house bookstore hidden in Daxi Old Street. Looking at the "Bookstore Unyielding Declaration" hanging on the wall, I saw the personality and perseverance of the bookstore's hostess. No matter how weak a woman looks, it is not easy to open a bookstore for the sake of faith and stick to it!

Just like Kumiko Taguchi , the author of "Bookstore Unyielding Manifesto", once mentioned in her book the impact between independent bookstores and large commercial bookstores. Although the atmosphere in the industry is not very good, she chose to continue to operate independent bookstores. feel proud. The bookstore is unyielding, so what can I do? Buy a book or buy a fish? ! The fish pencil case that the proprietress kindly introduced to me is very distinctive. Just like this independent bookstore, even if it is hidden in the crowded alleys of Daxi Old Street, it still has its own unique fragrance. Book lovers Can love have more understanding?

When online bookstores and large commercial bookstores are now thriving, these small independent bookstores live an unyielding path with their own style. In the case of taking into account sales and operations, they still need to maintain their original intention of starting a bookstore. Although independent bookstores, whose price and competitiveness are often at a disadvantage, seem unlikely to win the bloody road of discount war, I think flowers are fragrant. , Butterfly Zilai, independent bookstores and independent music are destined to have different positions. For me, it is not only a bookstore, but also an ideal place for a person or even a group of people.

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• Take a professional quote from fans, I think this is a beautiful comment by the owner of an independent bookstore for his bookstore: " If a person corresponds to a star, there must also be a book that belongs to him, waiting for him somewhere to read. I hope you can meet your destined book in this square inch of space. In a lively tourist town, on a century-old street that is not too noisy, a long street house run by local young people, a quiet and quiet Behind the patio, there is a small bookstore. The store manager has no ambition, just wants you to have an unexpected tranquility and enjoy the encounter with books, whether it is on a wonderful journey or a dull daily life. Please come in and have a seat! "

It’s not smart enough to choose a tool like “books” that takes time to read. Although I have always believed that books are for entertainment and for accumulation of knowledge, most people today think that books are just one of the means of information transmission. - Kumiko Taguchi, "Bookstore Unyielding Manifesto"

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