Chongfu Temple in Shuozhou and Its Jin Halls
A temple of the Pure Land school in a small northern city, founded in 665 and carrying three names: what the Jin halls of 1143 keep on their walls, and how much of that painting is original.
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The Wooden Pagoda at Yingxian: How It Still Stands
A timber pagoda of the Liao period read from the outside in: its octagonal plan, the fifty-four kinds of bracket set that hold the frame, the shelling of 1926, and a heritage status usually overstated.
Shahu Fort on the Frontier Wall
A pass at the western end of the Ming wall, in Youyu County: the customs house that taxed timber and goods there, and the migration called walking out the western gate that made the name.