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Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Art Architecture • Hola Fujian: Restoring Ancient Residences in Fuzhou: Anting Temple •• Restoration and reuse: New wine in old bottles

 

Anting Temple, a provincial cultural heritage site hidden deep in the mountains in East China’s Fujian province, features some of the most representative grey plasterwork in the capital Fuzhou's ancient architecture. It’s a prime example of Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) architecture, with the most complete and well-preserved architectural elements. In the first episode of television program Restoring Ancient Residences in Fuzhou, plasterwork craftsmen showed their work restoring Anting Temple using traditional techniques.



 

 


For more: https://www.cgtn.com/video

 

Beijing has been the capital of China for most of the last 700 years. The city has a rich architectural culture, from imperial palaces like the Forbidden City to traditional residential buildings. In this episode of our "Housed in Tradition" series, CGTN reporter Qi Jie meets Zhang Yue, a National Registered Architect, and got to hear her thoughts on preserving and re-using historical structures.



 

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