Loudspeakers and high-pitched square dance music "ears ears"
A reporter from the Beijing News found that there are still excessive acoustic noises that disturb the people in public places such as parks; experts suggest that indoor space resources can be tapped
On the evening of July 28, at the North Bank Commercial Plaza on the south side of Chaoyang Road, citizens gathered to dance the square, and the residents on the street reported loud sound.
The "Regulations of Beijing Municipality on the Promotion of Civilized Behavior" came into effect on June 1. The regulations propose to focus on the treatment of uncivilized behaviors in six areas, including public health, order in public places, transportation, community life, tourism, and network telecommunications. The Beijing News today launched a series of reports "Say No to Uncivilized", focusing on uncivilized behavior around you.
Regarding the order of public places, the regulations put forward the focus on controlling uncivilized behaviors such as "using audio equipment to generate noise during entertainment and fitness in public places such as streets, squares, and parks, and disturb the surrounding living environment". The reporter recently visited and found that whether it is in the surrounding public places or parks, the phenomenon of excessive sound noise still exists.
Visit 1
The sound of dance music in the commercial square is so loud that the elderly living on the street cannot sleep
Ms. Li lives in the Jingyan dormitory complex. Every night, the sound of the square dance in the public area opposite the community is very loud, which bothers her. "The elders in the family rest early and are often noisy to sleep by the music."
The public area mentioned by Ms. Li is the North Bank Commercial Plaza on the south side of Chaoyang Road. The reporter found on site visits that at least 4 or 5 literary and artistic groups gather here every night. The sound waves of ballroom dance, square dance, and sailor dance overwhelm one by one. wave. After 9:30, the music of dong dong continued to ring.
"Sometimes the sound is very loud, and it's ear-shaking." A security guard at the north gate of the nearby Hualong Meishu Community told reporters. Some residents reported that everybody had their windows open in summer, and the residents of the buildings on both sides of Chaoyang Road heard very loud voices.
In addition to dancing with speakers, there are also two groups of people in the square playing music, singing and singing on the on-board computer. A gentleman who took the microphone to finish the high pitch said that they are not open to outsiders, "just a few friends who like to sing together to play."
In response to the issues raised by Ms. Li, the reporter consulted the urban management law enforcement team in Sanjianfang. A staff member said that some citizens reported to the 12345 hotline about the noise problem at the North Shore Commercial Plaza at night, but singing and dancing are spontaneously organized entertainment activities, not business activities and no charge, so they can only go to the scene to discuss and persuade. Punishment. "If you listen, you will be quiet. If you don't listen, we can't help it."
The staff member said that the urban management was responsible for the noise of the hotel’s sound and the noise of construction at night. If the noise is too loud, residents can call the police. "But the police station has been there before, so I didn't recruit."
On the evening of July 28th, in Changying Park, tourists set up large speakers and projection screens to karaoke in the open air. This edition of photography/Beijing News reporter Zhang Lu
Visit 2
A song of 2 yuan in the park, some tourists want a quiet environment
At 7:30 in the evening on July 28, the reporter came to Changying Park. As soon as he entered the south gate, he heard strong music from drums. The reporter followed the sound and saw a big speaker on the west lawn, and the two tourists were singing enthusiastically. A curtain is hung on a tricycle, with projection screens, light bulbs, and karaoke devices all available, like an open-air karaoke scene. An elder sister introduced that singing only needs 2 yuan per song.
"Every time I run through here, it feels so noisy." Miss Tian, who often comes to run at night, said that she agrees with grandparents singing and entertaining themselves in the park, but hope they can also take into account the feelings of others, not use the microphone and turn down the accompaniment volume .
In response to the noise problem, a staff member of Changying Park said that this is a country park and the park cannot manage visitors. The public can only call the police if they feel disturbed. "A while ago, there were residents who lived near the park, and the child wanted to review the exam (feeling disturbed), so he called the police."
In Xinglong Park, the reporter saw that some literary and artistic groups exercised here, whether they were singing, dancing or dancing ribbons, they used loudspeakers to play music. The reporter used the mobile phone decibel meter App to test and showed that some sounds exceeded 80 decibels.
Tourists have different opinions on the "music" of the park. A middle-aged tourist said that he didn’t mind the sound of the park. “This is a mass entertainment activity. Everyone sings and dances very vigorously. I think this brings some vitality to the park.” Some tourists think that some activities are too loud. , Can be heard far away, affecting the secluded atmosphere of the park.
In the "Interactive Communication" section of the Municipal Park Management Center website, some citizens also reported that the park is noisy. Some netizens previously reported that there are open-air karaoke stalls in Jiukeshu Manchunyuan Park all year round. Singing at 7 o'clock in the evening until midnight makes noise and disturbs the people. However, "the police say that the stalls are all elderly people, and most persuade them to leave."
■ Response
Some scenic spots launched "Noise Limit Order" and "No Noise Day"
The “Beijing’s Work Plan for the Prevention and Control of Environmental Noise Pollution during the 13th Five-Year Plan Period” released in 2017 proposed that corresponding management measures should be formulated for mass entertainment and cultural activities in public entertainment venues such as square dances that have been complained more in recent years. Strengthen the management of mass entertainment and cultural activities in public places by administrative departments at all levels.
According to the "Beijing Measures for the Prevention and Control of Environmental Noise Pollution", the volume of entertainment, gatherings and other activities organized in streets, squares, parks and other public places should be controlled. The use of audio equipment to produce noise and disturb the surrounding living environment shall be punished by the public security department. If the public security department fails to make corrections after giving a warning, a fine of 200 yuan to 500 yuan shall be imposed.
The reporter has noticed that in recent years, many parks in Beijing have explicitly prohibited large speakers from entering the park, and introduced "noise reduction" measures such as "noise-free days", hoping to reduce the impact of noise on ancient buildings and bird activities, and give tourists a quiet Amusement park environment.
In 2013, Jingshan Park put forward a "noise limit order" for chorus groups and mass dance teams in the park to limit the noise to below 90 decibels. If the limit is exceeded 10 times, they will be persuaded to withdraw from the park. In 2014, two parks, Jingshan and Beihai, set up "noise-free days", requiring groups or individuals involved in activities to produce no more than 55 decibels. In 2016, the Temple of Heaven began to implement zoning management, requiring tourists to refrain from singing, dancing and other entertainment activities in the core cultural preservation area and main roads. In July of this year, the Temple of Heaven recommended that chorus activities that affected the normal tour of others be moved to the Northwest Outer Altar, and the volume should be controlled within 70 decibels.
In 2017, Zizhuyuan Park installed 11 noise monitoring points. In June of this year, the Taoranting Park gate area opened a fixed area for storing large speakers for tourists, doing a good job in explaining the work of tourists, and strengthening inspections in the park, setting up an "uncivilized special inspection team" to uncivilized activity groups through daily monitoring and on-site inspections Conduct inspections.
Other cities have also explored the problem of "noise disturbing the people". Recently, Ningbo installed a solar noise monitor in the square to monitor the volume at any time. When it reaches the peak, it will beep to warn, and the decibel of the sound will be displayed on the screen in real time to remind the "dancers" that the volume has exceeded the limit. According to local media reports, after the police gave the dancing residents science popularization a few times, everyone's consciousness increased significantly, and the proportion of complaints about noise nuisance dropped significantly.
■ View
Noise reduction cannot be "one size fits all", depending on the environment, set decibel requirements
Chen Lei, a researcher at the Cultural Institute of the Beijing Academy of Social Sciences (Capital Cultural Development Research Center), believes that the park itself has a service function, and noise reduction cannot be "one size fits all". Different parks can set different decibel requirements.
"For example, in historical parks, art groups should not rehearse near ancient buildings, traffic arteries, and crowded areas. Staff should guide them to empty and remote areas. In ordinary city parks and country parks, if art groups When rehearsing in an open and remote area, the sound decibel can be appropriately relaxed."
Chen Lei also suggested that part of the rehearsal needs should be transferred to indoor places, to tap indoor public cultural space resources, to open up cultural places in various communities on the street, to achieve sharing, and to reasonably match needs and facility resources through the network platform.
Li Jinchen, director of the Second Landscape Architecture Institute of Tsinghua Tongheng Planning and Design Institute, said that planting plants can act as a barrier and hinder sound transmission. Urban public spaces, especially parks, can consider setting up specific areas and planting specific plants to reduce noise, and guide art lovers to sing and dance in specific areas. "Different plants have different noise reduction effects on different sound frequency bands. For example, coniferous plants have a good noise reduction effect on low and medium frequencies, and broad-leaved plants have good noise reduction effects on high frequencies. In addition, the larger the size and density of the plant, the better the effect. ."
Beijing News reporter Zhang Lu