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Pingdingshan

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A Fifth-Rank County Office

The 1369 county office at Yexian still stands on its old street, with its gate, its hall, its six side offices and a stele that told magistrates what they owed the people.

One Bowl, One Vessel

The firing method behind Ru ware, the hills that supplied its agate and kaolin, and the kiln sites still standing in the ground of western Henan.

A Temple Without an Axis

Fengxue Temple near Ruzhou fits more than 140 buildings from five dynasties around a hillside instead of lining them up, and its sources disagree about when it began.