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Rescuing Beijing by shalopez166 is a document available to read on EtoBox.

Private collector Songtang Li opened a museum in Beijing in 2001 to display pieces from his lifelong collection of Chinese folk art and architectural decorations rescued from demolition sites. Li began collecting as a child in the 1970s when Beijing underwent widespread demolition and rebuilding, and he worked to save artifacts from old buildings being torn down. His museum now houses thousands of folk art pieces and relics over 1,000 years old that would otherwise have been lost, preserving important examp

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