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Shaxi Restoration Project
The Shaxi Rehabilitation Project (SRP) is an award-winning, multi-phased initiative in cultural heritage conservation and endogenous sustainable development between the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich (ETH) and the People’s Government of Jianchuan County. Read more...
Kiss of Life for an Old Caravan Market
Until the middle of last century, Shaxi was a flourishing village on the caravan road to Tibet. The following decades made it a place that history forgot. Now Shaxi is undergoing an award-winning restoration. Read more...
Black Well, White Gold
Heijing is a small town in the northern Chuxiong mountains. Salt once made Heijing one of Yunnan's richest towns. Now its architectural splendours are being rediscovered. Read more...
Heijing Old Town
The old salt town of Heijing not far from Chuxiong is one of Yunnan's best preserved old towns. Read more...



