Shangqiu

Cutting a Hill for a Tomb ↗

At Mangdangshan the kings of Liang did not build their mausoleums but removed the hills themselves, leaving chambers of rock, a painted mural and a platform on the summit.

Drilling for Fire ↗

At the Suihuang mausoleum, the founding act of Chinese culture is a piece of wood, a bird and a spark, told as a story rather than a proven date.

The City Under the City ↗

Reading the ground beneath Shangqiu's Ming ramparts, where five older capitals lie in sequence under the streets of the walled town.