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The Relocation of Zhang Fei’s Temple Zhu and Li

Figure 12. A landscape view after relocation. Source: Photo by the author

Cultural Heritage Administration. The vernacular craftsmanship and only exist in
successful relocation of General Zhang Fei’s the Chongqing area and Sichuan province.
Temple has proved that the introduction of So in the end, they had to ask local artisans
professional institutes to monitor the whole in Yunyang Town for help. In addition, the
procedure of construction was helpful to management responsibilities of multi-level
the preservation of historic buildings. The governments are not clear, and the excessive
supervisors played a key role in standing by interference of media companies in the
the principles and guiding the operation to restoration process is also worth considering.
ensure a satisfactory result. In a word, cultural heritage is getting more
Despite the success of the overall project, and more attention from the society in China,
there are still many related issues worth and the relocation of General Zhang Fei’s
pondering. For example, is this justified by Temple has also raised many new unresolved
the introduction of the public bidding system issues for the management of Chinese
of modern construction in cultural heritage heritage conservation.
conservation projects? Because any historic
building has local traditional technology CONFLICT OF INTEREST
and regional cultural characteristics, this The authors declare no conflict of interest.
means that not any construction company
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