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![[Exterior garden space with dragon head atop a wall at a temple in Shanghai, China]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTgvZXh0ZXJpb3ItZ2FyZGVuLXNwYWNlLXdpdGgtZHJhZ29uLWhlYWQtYXRvcC1hLXdhbGwtYXQtYS10ZW1wbGUtaW4tc2hhbmdoYWktYmU1MTJkLTEwMjQuanBn/320/457/jpg "[Exterior garden space with dragon head atop a wall at a temple in Shanghai, China]")
![[Pavilion of Cochinchine courtyard, Paris Exposition, 1889]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTgvcGF2aWxpb24tb2YtY29jaGluY2hpbmUtY291cnR5YXJkLXBhcmlzLWV4cG9zaXRpb24tMTg4OS0zOTQxMzMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[Pavilion of Cochinchine courtyard, Paris Exposition, 1889]")
![[Pavilion at a garden in Shanghai, China]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjQvcGF2aWxpb24tYXQtYS1nYXJkZW4taW4tc2hhbmdoYWktY2hpbmEtNGJjNTRhLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/28/webp "[Pavilion at a garden in Shanghai, China]")
![[Exterior view showing tourists at a temple in China]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDkvZXh0ZXJpb3Itdmlldy1zaG93aW5nLXRvdXJpc3RzLWF0LWEtdGVtcGxlLWluLWNoaW5hLWY3NWIwNC02NDAuanBn/40/28/webp "[Exterior view showing tourists at a temple in China]")
![[Exterior view showing scaffolding around a temple in Beijing, China]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMTQvZXh0ZXJpb3Itdmlldy1zaG93aW5nLXNjYWZmb2xkaW5nLWFyb3VuZC1hLXRlbXBsZS1pbi1iZWlqaW5nLWNoaW5hLTM0M2UzOC02NDAuanBn/40/28/webp "[Exterior view showing scaffolding around a temple in Beijing, China]")
![[Roof detail on garden facilities in China]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTkvcm9vZi1kZXRhaWwtb24tZ2FyZGVuLWZhY2lsaXRpZXMtaW4tY2hpbmEtM2I0M2Q5LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/57/webp "[Roof detail on garden facilities in China]")
![[Street-level view of a new building in Shanghai, China]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDgvc3RyZWV0LWxldmVsLXZpZXctb2YtYS1uZXctYnVpbGRpbmctaW4tc2hhbmdoYWktY2hpbmEtNDg0MTM1LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/57/webp "[Street-level view of a new building in Shanghai, China]")
