Jinzhou Barbecue: The Work behind a Shared Table
Turning, brushing and judging the heat are the small decisions that make a barbecue meal more than a row of skewers.
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Yiwulüshan: Forest above a Liao Landscape
Pine woodland and fragments of glazed roofing offer two ways to read a mountain associated with imperial memory.
Beizhen Temple: Giving a Mountain an Audience
Ordered halls and inscribed stone reveal how a landscape became a participant in imperial ritual.
Wanfotang: The People Written into the Cliff
Two dated dedications turn a field of Buddhist sculpture into a history of patrons, offices and remembered obligations.
Seven Buddhas beneath One Roof
Fengguo’s sculpture ensemble unfolds across the hall, placing Shakyamuni within a much longer Buddhist history.
Fengguo Temple: How a Timber Hall Keeps Its Shape
From a reconstructed carpenter’s ruler to newly fired roof tiles, Fengguo’s great hall makes architecture a continuing act of care.