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Wu Family Reception Hall


 

Wu Family Reception Hall
China, Jiangsu Province, Lake T'ai Region, Tung-shan
Wu Family Reception Hall 1600-1625
wood, tile, mica
The reception hall was the most important room of a typical Chinese courtyard house.

Imagine...

Shh! Don't make a sound! You are Wu Shen. You're at home, near the town of Tung-shan in southern China. Find it on the map! It's 1625 and today you turn 13 years old.

Imagine that you are tiptoeing into this room, your family's reception hall. You feel the cold stone tiles through the soles of your shoes. You smell the sweetness of the wood timbers in the roof. You hear the breeze rattle the row of windows to your right. Look around! (This requires Quicktime).

You probably shouldn't be in here.

   
 


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