I prefer them in their places, but... https://www.shine.cn/news/metro/1903050661/You'd see a certain stone, a lintel, a doorframe, a house, a lane, a neighborhood in their context, supported by other material evidence of their history and present - and then you find them in a museum - or worse, left in the street but scooped out from the original ( Read more... )

There is an ongoing series Forever Shikumen 永远的石库门 where the brilliant 井蟾斋主 decodes and interpets plaques placed above the gates of shikumen residences in Shanghai. Here is the latest issue, No. 13:

Sohu version: https://www.sohu.com/a/294587854_99943237?sec=wd
Wechat version: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/EXwBFLkk0imkvNpLqknP5g


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