Four White Towers around Shengjing
A directional network of Buddhist landmarks helps explain the early Qing capital at a scale larger than the palace.
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Shenyang
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Zhongjie: Silk Shops, Photographs and Recreated Lanes
Silk shops, a photographic studio and recreated lanes expose several different kinds of history on one commercial street.
A Bowl of Cold Noodles, a Neighbourhood around It
Xita’s noodles make a useful beginning, but its households and cultural institutions keep the story from ending at the restaurant door.
The Mould before the Metal: Work Remembered in Tiexi
A former foundry makes more sense when the machinery is read through the problems its workers had to solve.
Mukden, Hoten, Shenyang: A Camp in a Global War
The surviving camp and records held overseas connect industrial forced labour with individual routes across Asia.
A Broken Calendar and a Monument Turned into Evidence
Two objects outside the September 18 museum carry radically different histories of the same event.
When a Family Compound Becomes a Seat of Government
The Zhang residence’s changing buildings show office, household and political ambition repeatedly rearranging the same ground.
Suzhou, Unrolled in a Liaoning Collection
Xu Yang’s long city painting connects the movement of boats and people with the different geography of collecting.
A Harpoon, a Jade Animal and a Pair of Stirrups
Objects in Liaoning’s museum stories reveal decisions about materials, movement and display across very different periods.
Zhaoling: A Royal Precinct Inside a Public Park
Hong Taiji’s mausoleum and Beiling Park occupy the same landscape, but they do not have the same boundaries or history.
Fuling: The Stairway into an Ancestral Landscape
At Nurhaci’s tomb, a wooded slope becomes part of the ceremonial architecture.
The Off-Centre Door of Qingning Palace
A doorway, heated platforms and a freestanding chimney bring the early Qing household into focus.