Weishan Old Town

Weishan’s streets and museum settings bring Nanzhao memory into a present Yi and Hui autonomous county. Ancient political history and contemporary communities remain different subjects.

Weishan town streets and gates. The older town view is dated 1991 in its source record.

Weishan Old Town

Weishan: Nanzhao Memory and an Old Town

In Weishan’s old town, a Ming-era street grid and a museum incorporating Dengjue Temple give Nanzhao memory a setting within later architectural layers.

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Weishan town streets and gates. The older town view is dated 1991 in its source record.Sumin Chou · 1991-11-19 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗ Resized without cropping or upscaling; converted to WebP.