A restaurant wall illustrating intricate window carvings native to Heshun, a government-run heritage tourism town on the outskirts of Tengchong, Yunna
A restaurant wall illustrating intricate window carvings native to Heshun, a government-run heritage tourism town on the outskirts of Tengchong, Yunnan Province. Owing to its proximity to Burmese jade and emerald mines, Tengchong became famous as the centre for the distribution of Burmese stones in China during the 15th century. Home to wealthy merchants, a building boom of exotically carved intricate houses filled Heshun- most dating back to the Qing Dynasty (1644- 1911) when Tengchong was at the height of its commercial power.
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