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Feng loves his hometown. He firmly believes that old things must have a place next to new things, otherwise people will soon forget their glorious past. Instead of giving a speech to lobby others to help his project, he went out alone and did his best. It would be better if others followed him. One of his biggest projects is to protect the oldest street in Tianjin. Some shops in that street have been in business for 700 years. Although the city government rebuilt the streets, they kept the oldest buildings. Another project was more successful: he persuaded the city government to buy some land in the city center to avoid being sold to enterprises. This area is very important to the history of Tianjin. Tianjin was first established in this area in the Song Dynasty. Many treasures were unearthed here later. For Feng, digging underground is like reading a book page by page. Every dynasty found in the soil is like an interesting story. Not long ago, he photographed places of interest in Tianjin with other writers and artists. Once, an old man asked Feng to sign a book and said that he would pass it on to his unborn grandson. Feng vowed that he knew that the past was not only for us to appreciate, but also for future children.