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- Title
"Transplanting" Yin Yu Tang to America: Preservation, Value, and Cultural Heritage.
- Authors
HAN LI
- Abstract
In 1997 the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) purchased Yin Yu Tang (Hall of Plentiful Shelter), a historic Huizhou residence in the town of Huang Cun in China's east-central Anhui Province. It then dismantled the structure, shipped it to the United States, and rebuilt it on the grounds of the museum in Salem, Massachusetts. The transplantation of Yin Yu Tang provides a unique vantage point from which to reconsider the appropriation of Chinese architectural heritage by institutions in the U.S. This article examines a series of issues related to the relocation and exhibition of Yin Yu Tang in a new geocultural context. It also looks into changes in Huang Cun in the aftermath of the Yin Yu Tang project to understand the challenges of heritage preservation in the Huizhou area.
- Subjects
CHINA; MUSEUMS; PEABODY Essex Museum; YIN Yu Tang (Salem, Mass.: Historic house); CULTURAL property; HERITAGE tourism
- Publication
Traditional Dwellings & Settlements Review, 2014, Vol 25, Issue 2, p53
- ISSN
1050-2092
- Publication type
Article