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李白故居(Home of Li Bai)

I never expect to see any impressive historical temples, buildings or homes of famous historical characters of ancient China. Most of those valuable cultural treasure had been wrapped away by the hurricane of the Cultural Revolution(文化大革命). However your tour guides would always tell you that they were damaged by Japanese in the WWII, or they just shut their mouth.

That house of Li Bai - one of the most renounced anicent poets in Chinese history - was occupied by someone until recent years. I noticed the house was once unskillfully painted to red. Indeed, Chinese before the turn of PRC doesn't like to paint their house to red very much. People in Ching Dynasty may paint their houses red sometimes, but not earlier. It is because that is the color of fire which may be bad for Fung Sui (風水). Almost everything in the house has been removed. Things left in the house ware damaged somehow. The house was recently retouched and painted to brown.

You can see the craft on the picture. That was the only thing I found in the house worth me to take a photo because it really gave me the feeling of ancient culture - the influence of culture from the west (I mean India and other countries on the Silk Road). I found it on the roof of something look like a staple.

Anyway, it does not worth visiting.