Where the blocks are still printed
The Dege Printing House was founded in 1729. Its red-birch blocks, local paper and hand presses are still in use.
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Towers built without a drawing
Danba has 562 towers and tower sites. The tallest is 68 metres, and the builders worked by eye, using an inner frame and a tapering wall.
The roof below the towers
In Jiaju, stone houses with white walls and painted windows stand on a hillside under Danba's towers, and the flat roofs are working surfaces.