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Month: April 2012

A new roof for the Pear Orchard Temple

2012-04-23 by DaliGinkgo Leave a Comment

Reconstructing a centuries old folk temple requires a local expertise that few in China have. We are lucky to have a great team of local Bai builders who have years of experience building local rammed earth houses and gabled roofs, which serve as the fundamental vernacular styles of the Pear Orchard Temple. The team began … [Read more…]

Posted in: Construction Tagged: Pear Orchard Temple renovations, Shaxi China, Shaxi Pear Orchard Temple, Shaxi temple, Shaxi Yunnan China, Shaxi Yunnan temple

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