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...Kaiping, is the village of Zili, which has 15 blockhouses. The stately Mingshilou, built in 1925 by a family that owned a chain of general stores overseas, is now a museum; its top floor has a shrine surrounded by Roman columns. In nearby Xiangang you'll find the opulent Ruishilou, its upper floors a wedding cake of layered balconies. If you like the way the building's name looks on one of the walls, it's because the original owner had hired the province's top calligrapher, a monk from Guangzhou, to inscribe it. When it comes to flaunting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Asset Building | 7/17/2005 | See Source »

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